2010 CATALOG Bountiful Gardens Heirloom, Untreated, Open-Pollinated Seeds for Sustainable Growing A Project of Ecology Action Table of Contents Thank you dear gardeners for continuing to support our efforts. We sincerely believe that we have the best customers in the world. We are excited about the many new seeds we are offering ABOUT OUR WORK 3-7 this year, as well as our “tried and true” varieties. High quality Tours, workshops, events 6 and high germination seed remain our focus and commitment. Membership information 7 We are one of the very few catalogs where every single variety we carry is suitable for seedsaving. For those of you with email, About GROW BIOINTENSIVE® 4-5 our periodic newsletters have been very popular – if you are not What the Seed Codes Mean 8 yet on the list, you can sign up on our website or give us a call. Apprentice information 66 Costs for everyone have skyrocketed, and last year we did not How To Reach Us 69 raise our seed prices. This year our costs have forced some New Items 70-71 increases, but we have kept them small and few as possible, and only where necessary. SEEDS 9–48 Agricultural sustainability means creating a system in which the soil will live at optimum health and will produce crops at Within each section, listings are alphabetical a rate which can be maintained indefinitely, without degrading Vegetables 9-28 the environment. The UN-FAO found that in the US we lose Mixes and Collections 29-31 6 pounds of soil for every pound of produce grown. We have Compost Crops 32–35 already lost a large portion of our soil base. Ecology Action has for nearly 40 years been developing and documenting truly Inoculants 33 sustainable growing techniques that have been proven to work Grains and Fibers 36–39 all over the world. Wild Trees and Shrubs 40 Herbs 41–45 Flowers 46–48

BOOKS AND SUPPLIES 49-61 Growing Vegetables 49 Grains, Herbs 50 Composting, Soil Fertility, Seeds, Seed Saving 51 Permaculture 52 Biodynamics, Pests 53 Survival and Self-Sufficiency 54 Food 55 DVDs and Videos 56

SUPPLIES Tools 57 Compost and Soil Fertility 58 Plant Protection Supplies 59 Seed Saving and Planting 60 Bountiful Gardens Staff: Bill Bruneau, Betsy Bruneau, Food, Personal Care 61 Carrie Perkins, Jamie Chevalier, Ian Conlan, Will Chevalier, Anne Vander Horck, Julie Castillo ECOLOGY ACTION PUBLICATIONS 56, 62-66 Our basic GROW BIOINTENSIVETM Books 62-63 The Safe Seed Pledge Ecology Action Research Booklets 64-65 Agriculture and seeds provide the basis upon which our More Ecology Action Publications 66 lives depend. We must protect this foundation as a safe and genetically stable source for future generations. For the DVDs and Videotapes 56 benefit of all farmers, gardeners and consumers who want an alternative, we pledge that we do not knowingly buy or ORDERING INFORMATION sell genetically engineered seeds or plants. The mechanical Ordering Information 69 transfer of genetic material outside of natural reproductive methods and between genera, families, or kingdoms, poses Order Blank for Seeds, Books and Supplies 67-68 great biological risks as well as economic, political, and cultural Order Blank for Ecology Action Workshops and threats. We feel that genetically engineered varieties have Tours 7 been insufficiently tested prior to public release. More research and testing is necessary to further assess the potential risks of genetically engineered seeds. Further, we wish to support agricultural progress that leads to healthier soils, genetically email [email protected] diverse agricultural ecosystems and ultimately healthier people and communities. Phone 707-459-6410 For a current complete list of all companies who have signed FAX 707-459-1925 the above Safe Seed Pledge, contact: The Safe Seed Initiative, c/o Council for Responsible Genetics, www.bountifulgardens.org 5 Upland Road, #3, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02140 Phone: 617-868-0870 Email: [email protected]

2 Bountiful Gardens is a project of Ecology Action

Ecology Action is a non-profit organization based in Willits, California, where we operate a research mini-farm and reach out through workshops and publications to gardeners in over 130 countries around the world.

NGO VIOLA’s Ludmila Zhirina and Natasha Karyagina with Chernobyl radiation zone residents Biointensive compost and double-digging can reduce the radiation in the harvest by 30%!

Juan Manuel Martinez Valdez Drew, Patricia, Joe, Mari, Don, & teaching in San Juan Yapacani, River: Common Ground Garden Bolivia. Supply Staff in Palo Alto, California

Mark House, assistant garden manager, waters at the Research Samuel Nderitu at his Grow Mini-Farm in Willits, California. Biointensive demonstration plot, in Thika, Kenya Cesar Linneo Garcia, EA intern from Guatemala

Grow Biointensive project in Las Ellen Bartholomew, Garden Naqibullah Salik in the Afghan Canadas, Mexico Manager, at Golden Rule Garden, Organic Agriculture Training Center, Willits, California Kabul, Afghanistan.

3 ® A Sustainable Solution GROW BIOINTENSIVE to Growing Food A method of raising food crops that is simple to learn and use, based on ancient principles. It was synthesized and brought to the U.S. by the English master horticulturist, Alan Chadwick, then documented and further developed by Ecology Action.

IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE METHOD INCLUDE:

DOUBLE-DUG, RAISED BEDS 1 In this method, crops are planted in beds that are “double-dug”. The gardener digs 12 inches down and then loosens the soil to a depth of 24 inches. This loose soil enables plant roots to penetrate easily, allows more air in the soil, retains moisture, and minimizes erosion. Learn how: • How to Grow More Vegetables - $19.95, p. 62 • The Sustainable Vegetable Garden - $12.95, p. 62 • Dig It! - Double Digging Video - $19.95, p. 56 Do It: • Digging Tools, p. 57

2 COMPOSTING The higher yields offered by intensive planting would not be sustainable without a way of maintaining the health and vigor of the soil. Kitchen waste, garden trimmings and other forms of organic matter, when properly composted, provide the elements necessary to maintain the biological cycles of life that exist in the home garden. Learn how: • Booklet 32: GROW BIOINTENSIVE Composting &Growing Compost Materials - $8.00, p. 65 • Compost & Soil Fertility Books & Supplies, p. 51 Do It: • Compost Crop Mix - $3.00, p. 32

INTENSIVE PLANTING 3 Each plant is placed the same distance from all plants around it so that when the plants mature, their leaves touch. This provides a “mini- climate” under the leaves which retains moisture, protects the valuable microbiotic life of the soil, retards weed growth, and facilitates higher yields. Do It: • Vegetable Seeds, pp. 9-30 • Tools & Supplies, p. 57 • Seed Saving & Planting Supplies, p.60

4 COMPANION PLANTING Research has shown that many plants grow better when near certain other plants. Green beans and strawberries, for instance, thrive when they are grown together. Some plants are useful in repelling pests, while others attract beneficial insect life. Learn how: • Gardener’s Reference Poster - $9.95, p. 49 Do It: • Herb and Flower Seeds, pp. 41 - 48

4 CARBON FARMING 5 Soil fertility is facilitated by planting approximately 60% of the growing area in dual-purpose seed and grain crops. These key crops produce a large amount of carbonaceous material per unit of area, which is used to build compost for improving and maintaining the soil ecosystem’s microbial life. Learn how: •Sustainable Soil Fertility Info Pack - $5.25, p. 66 Do It: • Grain Seeds, pp. 36 - 39

6 CALORIE FARMING The production of sufficient calories efficiently in a small area is facilitated by planting special root crops in 30% of the growing area. These crops include potatoes, sweet potatoes, salsify, burdock, garlic and parsnips and produce a large amount of calories per unit of area. Learn how:• One Circle - $26.95, p. 63 Do It: • Burdock Seed - $1.95, p. 11 • Parsnips - $1.95, p. 21 • Calorie Crop Collection - $4.50, p. 33

OPEN-POLLINATED SEEDS 7 With GROW BIOINTENSIVE techniques, Green Revolution-type yields can be obtained with normal open-pollinated seeds which have been selected over the decades and centuries because of their beneficial characteristics. Special hybrids are not needed for excellent results. In this way a wonderful variety can be grown while the world’s genetic diversity is preserved. Learn how: • Books on Saving Seeds, p. 51 Do It: • ALL OUR SEEDS ARE OPEN-POLLINATED & NON-GMO

8 A WHOLE GARDENING METHOD It is important to realize that the GROW BIOINTENSIVE Food-Raising Method is a whole system and that the components of this method must all be used together for the optimum effect. If you do not use all of the components together, the soil can be rapidly depleted because of the Method’s high yields. As your soil and skills begin to improve, and your double-dug beds are fertilized with compost and planted with a diversity of crops, the GROW BIOINTENSIVE Method can help you to grow a healthy garden ecosystem, an abundance of healthy produce and healthy people! ©95 Jim Bones

But wait - there’s more! Ecology Action: • Conducts ongoing research at its demonstration mini-farm in Willits CA. • Offers workshops, tours, and trains interns from countries around the world who bring this valuable information back to their communities. (See pp 6) • Publishes books and research information on sustainable food production that are being used in 130 countries. (See pp 62 - 67) 5 TOURS & WORKSHOPS–2010 MORE ABOUT TOURS Willits Tour dates are in GREEN. Willits Workshop dates are Our Willits site is a working Research Mini-Farm, and our busy staff in RED. Listings in BLACK are elsewhere. is not able to accommodate drop-in visitors. The site is open to the public only on scheduled dates. January 28 John Jeavons GROW BIOINTENSIVESM Sustainable Mini-Farming Evening resentation, There will be four 5- to 6-hour Ecology Action Research Mini-Farm/ New Brunswick, NJ.** Garden Tours on May 22, June 5, June 19, and August 7. These tours give a good introduction to GROW BIOINTENSIVE® sustainable January 29 1-Day John Jeavons Economic GROW SM mini-farming, what our practical research site is accomplishing, BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming and how our sustainable method relates to world agriculture. Tours Workshop, Rutgers University, NJ.** include participant introductions; a discussion of the overall world January 30 John Jeavons gives Keynote Address for the challenges that humankind faces in the areas of soil, food, and 25th Annual Meeting of NOFA (New England nutrition; an exploration of the connection between thinking globally Organic Farm Assoc.)/NJ** and acting locally; a tour of the garden and discussion of several Mar 5- 7 3-Day Ecology Action GROW BIOINTENSIVESM crops in particular; and 30-minute mini-classes on double-digging, Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshop, Willits, composting, seed propagation, sustainable home garden crops, and CA cooking with solar ovens given by staff, apprentices and interns. The registration fee is $25 per person. It is $15 for members or SM Mar 12 John Jeavons GROW BIOINTENSIVE those who join at registration or make a $20 or more donation with Sustainable Mini-Farming Afternoon registration. Tour fees are not tax-deductible. Please pre-register as Presentation, Palo Alto, CA soon as possible (2 months ahead is best); space is limited. The April 8-10 3-Day John Jeavons GROW BIOINTENSIVESM May 22 and June 5 tours begin at 10 AM and end at approximately Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshop, Warren 4 PM. The June 19 and August 7 tours begin at 9 AM and end at Wilson College, Asheville, NC (Taught by John approximately 3 PM. Children not involved in the tour often find the Jeavons and Steve Moore)** event difficult, so please check if you want to bring them, and please leave your pets at home. April 15 5-Day GROW BIOINTENSIVESM Basic-Level Teacher Certification Workshop application Special tours may sometimes be arranged for groups of 20 or deadine.* more persons having a strong interest in GROW BIOINTENSIVE sustainable mini-farming. Write for details and describe your interests. May 3-5 & 6-8 Latin America GROW BIOINTENSIVESM Generally the Willits site is not open for visits from October 1 through Workshops, Xochitla, Mexico May 15. May 22 Ecology Action Research Mini-Farm/Garden Tour, Willits, CA MORE ABOUT WORKSHOPS SM June 5 Ecology Action Research Mini-Farm/Garden Two 3-Day GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming Tour, Willits, CA Workshops will be held in Willits, California in 2010, on March 5-7 and November 5-7. They will be given by John Jeavons and June 19 Ecology Action Research Mini-Farm/Garden Ecology Action staff, apprentices and interns with an afternoon of Tour, Willits, CA demonstrations. SM July 19-23 5-Day Ecology Action GROW BIOINTENSIVE Cost for these 3-Day Workshops: $375 – 425 per person depending Sustainable Mini-Farming Basic-Level Teacher on the time of registration, plus approximately $75 for publications. Certification Workshop, Willits, CA.* Lunches and a networking dinner are included, but lodging and other August 7 Ecology Action Research Mini-Farm/Garden meals are not. These are good opportunities to be exposed to over Tour, Willits, CA thirty-seven years of GROW BIOINTENSIVE work in just a few days. Download registration form from Sept 15 Apprentice and Intern Applications due for 2011 www.growbiointensive.org or send a large self-addressed envelope with 61 cents postage for season complete details and registration form,. Sept 18-20 3-Day John Jeavons GROW BIOINTENSIVESM *Prerequisites for teachers workshops are completion of an Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshop, Japan introductory 3-Day Workshop and an active practice of GROW (Taught by John Jeavons and Steve Moore)** BIOINTENSIVE techniques. The application deadline is April 15. Oct 13-17 5-Day John Jeavons GROW BIOINTENSIVESM Please write for further details. Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshop, Italy** Ecology Action Website: www.growbiointensive.org (Taught by John Jeavons and Steve Moore)** **John Jeavons website: www.johnjeavons.info Nov 5-7 3-Day Ecology Action GROW BIOINTENSIVESM Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshop, Willits, CA

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Feb 5-7 3-Day Basic-Level Biointensive Workshop, Veracruz State, Mexico (In Spanish) Dec 3-5 3-Day Basic-Level Biointensive Workshop, Ve racruz State, Mexico (In Spanish) 6 January 1, 2010 Dear Friends, As food prices continue to rise and the future perhaps seems less promising than it once did, more and more people are finding their way back to the garden. It can be a grounding experience, a way to get back to basics, to start to rediscover the important things in life. And, as everyone is aware, gardening has been making headlines, with the First Lady initiating an organic food garden on the White House lawn. Growing food can be empowering, no matter what size our garden may be - a one-third acre suburban plot, the sunny corner of a backyard, or just some pots on the patio, balcony, or deck. As Mateo Gonzalez, Ecology Action intern from Mexico in 2009 stated: “When you have your own vegetables in your hand it is your health. Nothing has as much satisfaction.” This catalog has much to offer both beginning and experienced gardeners in the way of familiar and less-known seeds, reference books for guidance, useful tools and other gardening needs. A beginning gardener might choose The Sustainable Vegetable Garden, a simpler, more basic version of How to Grow More Vegetables, which emphasizes food gardening while improving the soil. The beginner might choose to grow Cherry Belle Radishes, which are ready to eat in a month, Tatsoi, a fast-growing Asian green that is ready almost as fast, or Snap peas, which produce high yields of delicious food that can be eaten right off the vine. A person who feels more comfortable with his or her skills might want to experiment with a previously untried vegetable. Scorzonera is similar to salisify and can be ready in as little as three weeks. Early White Delicacy Kohlrabi, a brassica, produces edible swollen stems just above the soil level, stands some winter weather and provides cooked greens. Many gardeners are now discovering how easy it is to grow grains in their backyard. The catalog offers a wide variety to try out, from Early Stone Age Wheat to Flax. Gardeners with more experience might be ready to consult One Circle, which helps each person explore his or her nutritional needs and then design and produce a complete vegetarian diet in as little as 700 square feet. Burdock - with roots that are sweet and are cooked like carrots - and The Turga parsnips might provide some of the calories for such a diet. The Sustainable Vegetable Garden, which has good materials for planning and record keeping, can help a gardener keep track of his or her garden over a number of years. For the kids of all ages, who like surprise mixed in with their gardening experience, you will find a Seeds for Kids pack listed. This is a happy jumble of everything left over from the year before that produces a surprise garden, different with every sowing. Although food growing can be a serious occupation, it’s also fun, rewarding and nourishing for the Earth. Whatever you choose to grow this year, may your garden nurture your body and spirit and bring you great contentment!

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Check here for information on a 3-Day Workshop in Willits, CA:____ - Mar 5-7____November 5-7 7 What The Seed Codes Mean All of our seeds are open-pollinated The seed codes are at the beginning of each crop section. and untreated, never GMO. Vegetable, Grain,and Compost Crop Seed The best Temperature Range for growing: CW=cold weather, WW=warm weather, HW=hot weather, ALL=likes all three. Many people wonder what is meant by Matures - how long it takes for the plant to mature, in weeks (unless otherwise noted). F=approximate time until open pollination. Open-pollinated varieties first cutting. make seeds that will grow into a plant of the Harvest - how long the harvest normally lasts in weeks (unless otherwise noted). 0 weeks means that it must be same variety. They have been grown, selected, harvested immediately. AC=approximate time between successive cuttings. and preserved by farmers and gardeners since Yield - expected yield in pounds per 100 square feet, grown Biointensively at the recommended spacing. The the beginnings of agriculture. Hybrid seeds, lower number is for beginners and the higher one is for experienced growers in good soil. on the other hand, grow into plants which, Spacing - seeds or transplants should be planted this many inches apart, equidistantly to maximize their effectiveness. while they are usable in themselves, will not This spacing is for Biointensively grown crops. Row spacing is often further apart. produce seed of the same variety—they do Area - the number of square feet that should be planted Biointensively with one of our packets. A packet will plant not “breed true”. The gardener who plants approximately four times this area if you plant in rows (including space between the rows). hybrid varieties will have to buy seed every Price - The price for one packet of our seed. year, and seed production is concentrated in Herb and Flower Seed the hands of a few companies, often owned by Plant Type - A=Annual, P=Perennial, PA=Perennial, but will flower the first year, B=Biennial, HA=Hardy annual, petrochemical corporations. Many seeds on TP=Tender Perennial. Ht - Height when mature, expressed in feet (’) or inches the market today are hybrids, bred to produce (”). AAS = All America Selection. Selections are made nationally under agribusiness conditions. Often, older and only when an outstanding variety is produced. varieties which have exceptional flavor and Key To Seed Sources Source code is before the price for each variety. flourish under home garden conditions, are GB GROW BIOINTENSIVE APPROVEDCM seed.Grown facing extinction. By planting open-pollinated sustainably, with compost and organic fertilizers varieties, you help to preserve our agricultural according to our strict standards. No chemicals. heritage in all its diversity. B Biointensive seed. Seed grown by Biointensive methods, and with no chemicals. Often small or backyard growers who are longtime seed savers O Certified Organic. Seed from plants certified by the appropriate state and federal certifying organizations, in compliance with the National Organic Program Standards. N Natural Seed. Seed grown by natural methods, and without the use of chemicals. Often small or backyard growers who are longtime seed savers and dedicated organic gardeners would fulfill organic qualifications but cannot afford certification costs or do not wish to be registered C Commercial seed. No control over growing methods but excellent, untreated seed.  Source code GB, B, O or N.

We are a CCOF Certified Organic Handler Untreated = The seed itself has had no chemicals or fungicides applied to it. All our seed is untreated. Open-pollinated = (Naturally-bred seed). Non-hybrid, non- genetically engineered seed. All our seed is open-pollinated. 8 Vegetables

Amaranth Fava, Broad Bean W,H/Matures 6/Harvest 4/Yield 68-272/Spacing 6 C,W/Matures 11-26/Harvest 1-3 dry/Yield 5-18/Spacing 8”

Easy to grow, a striking edible ornamental high in nutrients. “The Soybean of the North”. Ancient Mediterranean food plant, Start after frost date when soil is warm. We have both vegetable enriches the soil (use SIN-9400, Garden Combo Inoculant). and grain types. For grain types, see page 36. Bears 7-8” pods with 5-6 big, fat, reddish-brown beans. Upright VAM-2030 Red Leaf, plants need no support. Beautiful Tampala, Calaloo black and white flowers attract beneficial insects. Plant will grow 40-50 days. Large, tender and set pods in temps from 40 oval leaves overlaid with to 70, but not in hot weather, deep red. Heat-loving green plant very early spring, or fall from Asia that tastes like in southern and coastal areas. spinach. (I doubt I could tell Eat like peas or edamame when the difference blindfolded.) young, or shell and dry. Young Spectacular in containers or leafy stems and whole pods are edible landscaping. Pinch top also eaten when quite young. when about 6” to encourage Ready for eating green when pods bushy growth. Very tender and point downwards. Very disease succulent when young—plant in succession and harvest when resistant. Companions: celery, savory, strawberries. CAUTION: 10-14” tall, before it starts to flower. Wants heat and lots of a few people are violently allergic to favas, especially raw. moisture. 300 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 VBE-2210 D’Aquadulce a Tres Longue Cosse – 85 days Artichoke Listed in 1885 by the French seed house Vilmorin-Andrieux. Plants grow to 3 ft. Very tasty and cold tolerant. One gardener C,W/Matures 24-52/Harvest 8/Yield 20/Spacing 72” wrote, “These did a wonderful job. They were planted in VAR-2070 Green Globe Improved – Beautiful, big perennial. ordinary soil, in full sun ...they grew tall and produced beautiful The hardiest artichoke variety, to Zone 6. Produces big flavorful flowers and plenty of beans” 50 seeds. Area 12. C $3.25 3-5” flower buds (the part you eat) the first year from seed, so VBE-2220 Long Pod – 85-90 days. An old variety known it can be grown as an annual in cold regions. To get artichokes prior to 1860, mentioned by Burr in 1863 and listed by Vilmorin the first year, start indoors in a warm place, then harden off and Andrieux, in 1885. High-yielding 4-5-ft plants crop over a long transplant outside while weather is still cold so it thinks its been season. 50 seeds. Area 12. C $3.25 through the winter. One of the best ornamental edibles, with huge silver spiky leaves. Give the crown protection from cold and wet, planting on a slight mound and working in some sand Garbanzo Bean, Ceci or gravel near the surface. 50 seeds. Area 1000+. C $1.95 W,H/Matures 9/Harvest 8/Yield dry 4-24/Spacing 4” This versatile legume can be grown as a cover or fodder crop, Asparagus as well as for its protein-rich beans. Fixes nitrogen(Use SIN- C/Matures 4 yr/Harvest 8/Yield 9-38/Spacing 12” 9390, garbonzo inoculant) Starts slowly in cold soil, so keep weeded. Young leaves, shoots and pods are cooked. Bushy, VAS-2112 Mary Washington–Perennial even in Zone 3 and upright plants are drought tolerant, and should be given no lives for decades. From seed, first harvest in third year. Full water after flowering ceases. If rain during harvest, pull whole production forth year. Start seed from January on in pots or plants and dry under cover. Easily threshed and stored. flats. Transplant to a deep, rich, limey and very well-drained permanent bed. Give compost or other rich mulch yearly.  VBE-2240 Tan – 100 days. The familiar chickpeas; large Scatter seed every few years to maintain vigor. One of the few tan roundish beans used in salads and soups or mashed to seed-grown varieties. Mild-flavored. Will take partial shade in make hummus and falafel. 100 seeds. Area 7. O $2.20 very hot, dry-summer climates. 35 seeds. Area 22.C $1.75

Moth Beans Lima Beans W,H/Matures 12-14/Harvest Bean 8, Pods 8-12/Yield Bean W/Matures 9-11/Harvest 12/Yield dry 11-23/Spacing bush 6”, 4-20, Green 90-200/Spacing 6” pole 8”

Lima beans need warm soil and warm weather. Innoculate for VBE-2370 Moth – (Mat Bean, Mother Bean) Indigenous to best yield. India, and highly drought resistant. The sprawling mat-forming plants do well in very hot weather (to 100-120°F) and protect VBE-2360 Christmas Pole – 90 days. We have had many the soil. Small pods 1-2” long contain 4-8 tiny beans. In India requests for “that big buttery bean that my mother used to the young pods are eaten and the dry beans are used like bake” and we think this may be it. Also called Giant Butter, lentils. Very high protein (22-24%). It did better in drought- Florida Speckled or Giant Calico. Vines 7-9’ tall bear 6” pods stricken north Kenya than any other crop. Smothers weeds. with 3 large red-speckled beans per pod. 50 seeds. Area 11. Can be planted where corn or squash will grow and mature in C $2.25 their shade. 800 seeds. Area 90. C $2.50. VBE-2350 Thorogreen Early Bush – 70 days. AAS selection.18” plant is adaptable and vigorous. Heavily productive, it sets pods of baby limas in clusters throughout the plant. Excellent flavor, great for canning and freezing. Bears until frost. Unusually dependable. 100 seeds. Area 11. C $2.25 9 VBE-2325 Rattlesnake NEW! Preacher Beans–70 days Beans These were the standouts for quality and quantity in our trials. W/Matures 8-9/Harvest 12/Yield green 30-108, dry 4-24/ Wonderful flavor, and 100-degree heat didn’t stop them from Spacing 6” producing lots of beans. Round green 7”pods with purple streaks Green beans are grown for their tasty young pods. Inoculant (which disappear when cooked). When others are petering out, will increase yields and enable the plants to fix nitrogen in rattlesnake keeps going. 85 seeds Area 13 C $2.50 the soil. Plant when soil has warmed to at least 60 degrees. VBE-2330 Romano – 70 days. Beloved Italian heirloom Rotate location year to year. Pick the beans while young and prized for its unique creamy flavor and delicate texture. Wide, tender. All types can be used as dry beans, but plant will stop flat meaty, stringless 6”green beans on high-yielding 8’ vines. producing if beans mature, so with green beans its best to pick Easy to grow—unfazed by heat, drought, cold nights, and most all pods even if overripe and use as shelly beans. pests. 85 seeds. Area 13. C $2.25 Bush beans produce large, early yields, but only for a few VBE-2340 Yard-Long – 70-80 days. Vigna unguiculata weeks; for continuous harvest, make small sowings every Vigorous vines to 10’ should be trellised. From tropical Asia— three weeks after danger of frost is past until 2 months before thrives on heat. Thin, tender pods 12”-30” long are excellent first frost date. snap beans when young. Young leaves may be cooked. 85 seeds. Area 13. C $2.25 VBE-2250 Contender – 40-50 days. Extra early and productive. Tender stringless pods 5-7” long. Tolerates heat, mildew. Great Dry for canning & freezing. For longer fresh harvest, succession- Easy to store for winter food: Harvest when pods are dry and plant. 85 seeds. Area 10. C beans can barely be dented when bitten. Shell pods by hand $2.75 or place in a sack (pillowcase) or on a tarp and walk on them VBE-2270 Dragon Langerie until the pods are crushed and the beans are free. Pour from Wax – 60 days. Dragon’s pan to pan in a windy place or in front of a fan to remove chaff. Tongue, Horticultural Wax. To avoid problems with weevils and other insects, freeze well- Beautiful 8”, flat, creamy dried beans for a day before storing. yellow pods with thin purple stripes. Crisp pods stay juicy  and sweet even when very VBE-2180 Anasazi Bush – 90-95 days. Beautiful large Pods turn red for dry, maroon & white beans are an heirloom from the now extinct shelling phase. Our garden Anasazi people. A Southwest favorite. Sweet flavor, meaty staff’s favorite for flavor. texture. 85 seeds. Area 10. O $2.50 Heavy producer. 85 seeds. Area 10. C $2.25 VBE-2183 Good Mother Stallard VBE-2275 Kentucky Wonder Bush, Commodore– 55 Pole– 85 days. Family heirloom days. A standard for the home and market gardener. Tender enjoyed for generations and stringless round fleshy 8” pods. Fine quality, excellent flavor. introduced to the world by master Heavy yields for a long time, for a bush bean. 85 seeds. Area plant breeder Glen Drowns. A 10. C $2.25 great dry bean, wonderful rich,  meaty flavor, great for soups. Very VBE-2280 Royalty Purple Pod – 50-60 days. Purple productive, 5-6 deep red and white flowers and purple stringless 5-6 inch pods that turn green speckled beans per pod. Excellent when cooked. Germinates unusually well in cold wet soil. for growing with corn, climbing up Disease-resistant, and bean beetles avoid them. Easy for the cornstalks.85 seeds. Area 10. freezing—blanch until they turn green, then freeze. 85 seeds. C$2.50 Area 10. O $2.75 VBE-2300 Tendergreen – 60 days. An early stringless variety, with round, meaty 6”pods. All purpose—recommended for VBE 2186 Ireland Creek Annie fresh beans, canning, and especially for freezing. Heavy yields Bush - 70-75 days. We have even in hot weather. BCMV resistant. Needs some support. searched for a really productive bean All-at-once harvest, so succession-sow.85 seeds. Area 10.C for short-season and cool-summer $2.75 climates, and finally have a good one. An English heirloom variety MBU-6250 Bush Bean Mix – A mixture of interesting and grown since the 1930’s at Ireland beautiful varieties, all with great eating quality. 85 seeds. Area Creek Farm, British Columbia, 13. $2.75 Canada, Where summers are cool indeed. Superb flavor and reliable, Pole big yields on 24” plants. 85 seeds. Pole beans save space in the garden because they grow up. Area 10.C $2.50 Walls, fences, poles, teepees, or growing up corn (plant when VBE-2190 Taylor’s Dwarf Horticultural Bush – 90 days. corn is 24” tall) all work well. Try growing them on arched Cranberry. We have found these to be productive and reliable supports across the bed (the same kind used for winter covers) both as green beans and as dry beans. But they are best known where they can shade a bed of lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, and treasured for use as shelly beans—picked when the pods beets, or carrots, (preferred companions, along with dill and are slightly yellow, shelled, and cooked for a midsummer treat. savory) during the summer heat. Their unsurpassed flavor, (Try them with olive oil, sauted onions/garlic, thyme or savory, easy picking, and much longer harvest, make them ideal for and maybe diced tomatoes) 85 seeds. Area 10. C $2.20 home gardens. Use inoculant for best yield and most benefit to the soil. Black Eyed Peas – See Cowpeas page 14

VBE-2310 Blue Lake – 60 days. Famous Pacific Northwest heirloom. Unequaled sweet flavor, but has trouble setting pods at temps above 85. Vigorous 6’ plants bear base-to-top, a Inoculants help put fertility into the multitude of 6” white-seeded pods. Great taste, stringless juicy soil and increase yields. See p 35 texture, freezing, canning. 85 seeds. Area 13. C $2.50

10 VBE-2465 Early Wonder Runner Beans Tall Top– 45 days. We’ve had Phaseolus coccineus W/Matures 9+/Harvest 12/ Spacing requests for a classic round red These are a different species from other beans and will grow beet and here it is. Ultra easy and bear in cooler weather, even coastal fog. Most popular to grow, early, great flavor, and type of green bean in England. Likes moisture, compost, and lots of greens for cooking—Early partial shade in very hot weather (deep south or desert). So Wonder has been a favorite ornamental that many gardeners don’t know it’s a vegetable. in home gardens and farmer’s markets for many years.160 seeds. Area 10. O $2.50 VBE-2400 Scarlet Emperor – 70-90 days. Traditional pole runner with brilliant red edible flowers that attract hummingbirds. VBE-2480 Golden – 55 days. Beautiful climbing on a fence, trellis or gate. Delicious large Round, quick-growing orange beans with a unique flavor for use as green beans when young. roots turn gold-yellow when (cook a bit longer than other types). Popular in many cuisines cooked. Non-bleeding color, and as a big, mild shelly bean. When mature, the large beans are sweet taste even when large. mottled in beautiful shades of purple and black. Native to Good bolt resistance and stores South America, perennial in frost-free areas.35 seeds. Area well. Excellent pickles. 160 7 C $3.00 seeds. Area 10. C $2.75 VBE-2490 White – 55 days. Large, round roots that are Soybeans and Edamame white throughout. Light green leaves are succulent, crunchy Matures 11/Harvest 1-2/Yield 4-14/Spacing 6” and mild for salads or cooking. White beets are extra sweet An ancient crop in Asia, soybeans are very nutritious, used and delicious—related to sugar beets. 160 seeds. Area 10. C fresh, (“edamame”) or prepared as tofu, miso, and tempeh. $2.25 Likes full sun and a light, well-drained soil, and warm, moist MBE-6230 Beet Mix – A mixture of varieties and colors, growing conditions. Sow after danger of frost is past. Keep including some not in the catalog. 160 seeds. Area 10. $2.50 weeded. Water is critical when plant is in flower. Use inoculant for best yields. Mangel C,W/Matures 8-9/Harvest 1-6/Yield Roots 200-800, Tops 100- VBE-2410 Black Jet – 90-104 days for dry beans. Easy- 400/Spacing 7” to-grow soybean for short season areas. Prolific 24” plants. Medium pods hold thin-skinned beans with good flavor. Cooks A very sweet, nutritious, and long-keeping type of beet that faster than other black soybeans. 40 seeds. Area 6. C $1.95 stores well for winter food. Originally a high output fodder crop, a few varieties were bred for flavor. Easy to harvest. VBE-2420 Envy – 72 days for edamame (cooked fresh like shelly beans). Earliest green soybean. Upright 2’ plants that ripen early. Excellent quality. .Ripens all at once—good  VBE-2500 Early Yellow Intermediate Mangels – Quite for freezing or drying. Succession-sow. 40 seeds. Area 6. O famous variety, first developed by the great Vilmorin in the $1.95 1800’s. These produce a lot of food value in a small space, for VBE-2425 Butterbeans – 80 days for edamame. A mid- those who want to grow a major part of their own diet. Large season, soybean, prized for its very high yield and excellent, elongated roots, gray-green shoulder, orange base. Solid white sweet, nutty flavor. Long harvest, starting at the bottom of the to golden flesh. 12-18” tops. short supply: 50 seeds. Area 8. GB plant, makes it perfect for home gardeners. 40 seeds. Area 6. $2.50 C $1.95 Brussels Sprouts Beets Br. oleracea v. gemmifera C/Matures 11-13/Harvest 12/Yield Beta vulgaris C,W/Matures 8-9/Harvest 1-6/Yield Roots 55- 70-140/Spacing 18” 540, Tops 55-270/Spacing 4” Produces many walnut-sized buds like tiny cabbages, best A real self-sufficiency crop, beets provide baby greens for harvested when 1” across. Needs fertility, cool, moist weather, salad mix, mature leaves for cooking, and sweet roots for and staking in windy sites. When a bud starts to bulge from cooking, canning, and winter storage. Sow in spring after the stem, remove the leaf below it. When harvest slacks off, pinch soil is starting to warm—after peas and lettuce, before beans. out top to redirect energy to sprouts. Requires long growing Medicinal: antioxidant, immune stimulant. season and taste best when matured in cool weather. Frost sweetens flavor, adds vitamins.  VBE-2450 Chioggia, candystripe –55 days. (1840) Italian heirloom. Sweet, mild, tasty beet with rosy pink skin. VBR-2640 Rubine – 80-100 days. A Slices are spectacular, with deep-pink and white rings like a beautiful garden plant - red foliage and candy cane. Flesh can be grated raw in salads, cooked, or red sprouts. Large, late variety. Distinct, pickled. Leaves prized as raw or cooked greens. 160 seeds. excellent flavor popular in farmers’ Area 10. O $2.25 markets. Fall harvest. Hardy to low 20’s.  VBE-2460 Bull’s Blood – Tops 35, Roots 58 days. Very 40 seeds. Area 75. C $1.95 old French variety known for its very dark red-purple leaves with mild flavor for salad use. A staple in salad mixes. Dark VBR-2650 Seven Hills – 100-120 days. red roots are also tasty, sweet, and somewhat irregular in Hardy late Brussels Sprout gives a shape. For salad, direct sow very thickly and cut in about 28- bountiful crop of fine sprouts through mid- 38 days—should regrow for another cutting if kept moist and Winter. Less-crowded stalks have fewer well fed. A customer writes: “These were by far my favorite. problems with rot in rainy climates, but They were easy to grow, even with chilly evenings and poor may need staking to prevent damage from wind or snow. 75 soil, and the greens were great in salads!” 160 seeds. Area 10. seeds. Area 140. C $1.95 O $2.25  VBE-2472 Cylindra – 58 days. Unique cylindrical shape VBR-2630 Early Half Tall – 80-90 days. Popular early variety makes peeling easy, gives uniform slices for canning, and giving a heavy crop of sprouts from top to bottom of the stalk. allows closer planting. Very smooth, deep red, no zones. One Ready by mid-Autumn, stands to early winter. 75 seeds. Area of the best varieties in cultivation. The quality, germination, 140. C $1.95 and, flavor are superior. Eat it when young and tender—not a keeper. 160 seeds. Area 10. O $2.25 11 Burdock (Gobo) Cabbage C,W/Matures 17/Harvest 1-26/Yield 75-300/Spacing 4” Brassica oleracea var. capitata Time planting so that heads form either before or after hot VBU-2690 Takinogawa Long – 120 days. Important vegetable summer weather, using floating row covers or cold frames and and medicinal food in Japan and China. Long tender roots quick-growing varieties for spring crops. For fall and winter grow quickly. Best in deep soils. Roots cooked like carrots with harvest, the slower-growing varieties are hardiest and hold sweet rich flavor. Plant in spring, harvest in the fall or overwinter longest without splitting. Cabbage likes cool, moist weather but and use in early spring. (Do not allow it to stay in the ground heavy mulch (and shade cloth or taller crops) can help during after that, as it will make prickly burs that spread and reseed.) midsummer. For best flavor and solid head, insure plenty of Medicinal: detoxifier. 60 seeds. Area 4. C $1.95 food, lime, water, and space—don’t let the plants overlap. It’s better to grow radish, lettuce, arugula, or chervil in between and harvest as the cabbages expand. NOTE: Days are from Broccoli transplant; add 14 days from seed. Brassica oleracea var. italica C/Matures 8-9+/Harvest 4-12/Yield heads 26-53, leaves 52- Early & Main Season 106/Spacing 15” C/Matures 9-16/Harvest 2-4/Yield 96-383/Spacing 15” Popular vegetable with home gardeners. Easy to grow and has a long harvest. All broccolis like moist, fertile soil and cool VCA-2740 Greyhound —63-73 days Back in the catalog after weather. Very high in anti-oxidants. 2 years’ absence. Heirloom English variety with, fast-growing, pointed heads. Earlier than Early Jersey Wakefield, with VBR-2560 Early Purple Sprouting – 120-220 days. RHS excellent flavor. Small plants don’t take much room, or time, in Award of Merit. The most ancient type of broccoli, renowned the garden..85 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 for excellent flavor. These need to go through a winter to VCA-2750 Primo – 60-70 days. An old favorite. Very early, produce their heads and are generally planted around the first you can sow in succession from earliest spring until mid- of August. In early spring, before other types are ready, many July. Compact, ball-headed, sweet. Less fussy about soil and small, sweet purple heads form all over the plant. They will spacing than many others. Highly recommended. 85 seeds. survive nighttime temps to 15 degrees in the open and will need Area 100. C $1.75 protection if weather is colder or the cold lasts all day. Large  VCA-2730 All Seasons – 85-95 days. Fine flavor, a plant is very productive, handsome, and dependable. Ours is strong grower and sure header. Heat resistant. Heads 8” X the only early variety available.110 seeds. Area 135. C $1.95 10”. 85 seeds. Area 100. O $1.85  VBR-2540 Di Cicco –48-85 days.(1890) A rich-tasting old VCA-2760 Red Drumhead – 85-100 days. A very special red Italian heirloom. Compact 2-3’ light-green plants. Harvesting cabbage, hard to find in the US, with excellent flavor and a the 3-4” central head stimulates production of numerous good keeper. Heirloom from the 1860’s. Deep purple color is smaller side shoots. Quality and long harvest period make it not lost in cooking or pickling. Slightly flattened heads 7’’ wide the best broccoli for home gardens. Freezes well. 110 seeds. are very firm and dense. Plant early spring for early fall harvest Area 135. O $1.95 or later for winter use. Handles heat well. Waxy heads repel VBR-2550 Romanesco – 75-100 days. A unique type. Large rain and hold well in cold wet weather. Beautiful with flowers or stocky plant bears contrasting vegetables. 85 seeds. Area 100. C$1.75 beautiful spiraling VCA-2770 Winningstadt – 80-95 days. Heirloom from 1866. apple-green heads Upright, compact plants form firm pointed heads to 9” with mild up to 6”. Tender with flavor and good keeping qualities. Thick, firm leaves are blue- nutty mild flavor. green and wavy. Sheds rain and weather well. Good choice for Does well in North. kraut or cooking, and produces a lot of food in a small space. Like cauliflower, it’s 85 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 a heavy feeder, and must have plenty of Late Harvest compost and moisture C/Matures 9-16/Harvest 2-4/Yield 96-383/Spacing 18” to perform well.110 seeds. Area 135. C VCA-2800 January King – $1.95 100-160 days. (1885) Famous VBR-2575 Piricicaba NEW! – 56 days. Named after the city winter cabbage and one of the in Brazil (pronounced peer-a-SEE-ca-ba) where there are hardiest—survives all winter beautiful waterfalls—and the university that developed this in zone 7. Solid, flat light green heat-tolerant broccoli. Halfway between a standard grocery heads weigh 3-5 lbs. Heart is store broccoli and a broccoli raab, with large plants that more tender than most other produce lots of succulent small green heads. Heads, stalks, cabbages and has a milder flavor. and leaves are all sweet and tender. Good frost tolerance for fall Thin blistered leaves with purple sowing, but the thing that got our attention was its hot-weather flush. Frost improves flavor. Fine performance. In trials in California, it produced heads when for shaded gardens anytime. 85 temperatures were in the 90’s. 110 seeds. Area 135. C $1.95 seeds. Area 100.C $1.75  VBR-2555 Purple Peacock – 75-100 days. A different VCA-2810 Vertus Savoy – 95-120 days. Savoy cabbages are unique type. Gorgeous ornamental edible with purple broccoli the most cold-hardy of all, and many consider their very thin, head, surrounded by leaves that look and taste much like ruffled and blistered leaves to be more delicate in flavor than Russian Red Kale, scalloped and cut with pink veination. After ordinary cabbage. Large, medium green heads average 4-6 the main head is cut, treat it like raab or kale, cutting the shoots, lbs, and are perfect for stuffing, braising and soups as well leaves and stems to cook together. Can be a big plant up to 2 as winter salad and slaw. Takes lots of frost and snow; not as 1/2ft. Very winter hardy, related to kale. 110 seeds. Area 135. tolerant of extreme wet as other winter varieties. 55 seeds. O $1.95 Area 100. C $1.75  VBR-2580 Spring Raab – 40-45 days. Also called MCA-6260 Cabbage Mix – 65+ days. Several different types, Rapini. Planted in early spring, producing a quick crop of short, mid, and late-season varieties. Their varying maturity tender shoots like small broccoli. Braise or steam the whole dates will ensure a long harvest.85 seeds. Area 100. $1.95 leafy stems, or stir-fry. Good for fall crops as well.110 seeds. Area 135. O $1.95 12 Chinese Cabbage C/Matures 9-16/Harvest 2-4/Yield 96-383/Spacing 15”

VGR-2820 – Market Pride 70-85 days. Cylindrical tight 12 in. heads. Mild flavor, crunchy texture, like an “iceberg” cabbage. Best as a fall crop— likes decreasing temperatures and day lengths, and tends to bolt if temp or light increases. Delicious fall salad green, very juicy, as well as for soups, steaming, stir- fry, and making kim-chee.80 seeds. Area 40. GB $1.95

Carrots ALL/Matures 9-11/Harvest 3-6/Yield 100-400/Spacing 3” or broadcast carefully Easily grown in average soil without many stones, which cause splitting. Plant in succession, starting at frost-free date, for Savoy Cabbage at Golden Rule constant supply. Shorter varieties will cope better with clay or rocks. Avoid freshly-manured soil. Do not allow the seed-bed Cauliflower to dry out or crust after planting—if soil is heavy, cover the C/Matures 8-12/Harvest 1-2/Yield 44-291/Spacing 15” seed with compost, sand or even vermiculite instead of soil to There is a trade-off between the size and compactness of make emergence easier. the head and the plant’s resistance to frost or drought. Warm weather varieties are the true cauliflowers with large heads. VCA-2880 Amarillo Yellow – 75 days. Tapered carrots with Cold weather varieties (cauliflower-headed broccolis) are not large shoulders and a sweet distinctive taste different from as large or compact and can stand temperatures down to about orange carrots. Looks pretty in salads or cooked in a mix with 10 degrees. Ensure adequate feeding and water — cauliflower other carrots. 500 seeds. Area 20. C $1.95 is probably the greediest feeder of all. VCA-2890 Autumn King – 85 days. Large uniform roots of exceptional color, crisp flesh, and high yields; fine variety for VCA-3010 All The Year Round – 70 days. Hardy for a summer winter storage and for storing in the ground under snow. Good variety. Large, tight, white head surrounded by leaves. Well- type for serious food production. 800 seeds. Area 30. C $1.95 known in Europe for adaptability. 45 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95  VCA-2900 Belgian White – 80 days. (1885) Grows pure VCA-3020 Purple Cape – 200 days. (1808) S Africa. Produces white - very striking! Mild delicious flavor unlike other carrots. rich, purple heads of excellent flavor. A winter hardy type (Zone Very productive and can get large. Also for those who can’t 6) ready from late Winter on. Best planted in cold frame in Fall. tolerate carotene. 300 seeds. Area 12. N $2.25 25 seeds. Area 30. C $2.50  VCA-2910 Chantenay – 70 days. French heirloom from the VCA-3030 Snowball – 52-70 days. 6”-7” solid pure white late 1800’s. Wide, deep-orange, shorter roots cope well with heads protected by outer leaves. Sure header, long harvest. problem soils. Yields heavily, keeps well, good eating, freezing, 90 seeds. Area 100. O $1.95 all purpose. Dependable.800 seeds. Area 30. C $1.95 Celery VCA-2980 Shin Kuroda –NEW! 68 days. Very early, short C/Matures 15-19/Harvest 2-6/Yield 240-950/Spacing 6” wide 6” carrot extra easy to grow, with the sweetness that has made Japanese carrot breeders famous. Good for spring or A heavy feeder that needs long steady development in good summer crops, all kinds of soils, Excellent flavor for eating, moist soil. A well-fertilized soil should be double dug and freezing, canning, pickling.800 seeds. Area 30. C $1.95 heavily mulched. Water frequently. Many gardeners blanch the stalks with paper or boards. Medicinal: arthritis, tonic. VCA-2930 Scarlet Nantes– 68 days. Sweet, brittle, aromatic flesh—a spring treat. Blunt, finger-shaped roots 7”long.  Outstanding raw flavor. 800 seeds. Area 30. C $1.95 VCE-3080 EA Special Strain – 85 days. From our VCA-2950 Juwarot– 70 days Back! Our most popular carrot research garden, developed from the Ventura variety. Tall Utah ever, it became unavailable 3 years ago and we had to drop type with upright glossy bright-green stalks over a foot long. it. We now have seed grown by Ellen Bartholomew at Golden Well-developed hearts on high-yielding plants. Good disease Rule Garden from hand-selected roots. Juwarot was bred resistance, slow to bolt, amazingly tolerant of tough conditions, especially for juicing and raw eating—crisp, juicy, and sweet, has overwintered in Zone 8. 280 seeds. Area 40. GB $1.95 Highest carrot in vitamin A. 800 VCE-3090 Golden Self-Blanching – 80 days. Easy to grow seeds. Area 30. GB $1.95 early variety. Dwarf, with yellow foliage, cream-colored stalks of fine flavor with thick heavy stringless 9” ribs. Extra-large VCA-2960 Dragon Purple – 75 days. Purple on the outside nutty-tasting base. Disease resistant. No blanching, trenching and orange/yellow on the inside. needed. 280 seeds. Area 40. C $1.75 Grow a bouquet of colored VCE-3095 Celeriac – 110 days. This type of celery is grown carrots for veggie platters! Has for its root – 3 to 5” across, round, white, with a mild nutty a spicy flavor.. Shown right 150 flavor. Try it in potato salad, hot dishes or soup. Culture like seeds. Area 6. C $2.25 other celery, but plant these 10” apart. 200 seeds. Area 100. C $2.00 VCA-2970 Saint Valery – 80 days. (1885). A legendary carrot. VCE-3100 Leaf, or Cutting Celery – 80 days. Celery flavor Very smooth, uniform root with for salads and soups, with no elaborate culture necessary. bright red-orange skin. Large: Snip leaves and stalks as needed. Do not let stalks elongate 10-12” with 2-3” shoulder. Flesh is fine-grained, sweet, tender for flowering, as plants will get strong-tasting and stop making with very little core. High in carotene. Keeps well in the ground. leaves if allowed to flower. Nice in a handy, well-watered pot. Highly productive, top quality. 800 seeds. Area 30. C $2.00 280 seeds. Area 40. C $1.75 MCA-6270 Carrot Mix – Carrots of many sizes and colors for your entertainment and delectation. 800 seeds. Area 30. Chard $2.50 please see Swiss Chard, page 27

13 Cardoon Corn C,W/Matures 24-52/Harvest 8/Yield 165/Spacing 24-36” W,H/Matures as marked/Harvest 1-2/Yield fresh 17-68, dry 11-23/Spacing 15”  VCA-2840 Cardoon – 100-150 days. Striking 6-8 foot We offer only open-pollinated varieties that do well in most perennial (zone 7 and above) with long toothed silver-gray climates. Sweet if you pick when ears are young (check often) leaves. Excellent carbon crop—we grow this for compost. and cook immediately. Corn does better if inter-planted with a Similar to Artichoke in looks and taste, but grown for its fleshy nitrogen-fixing legume, like beans or a compost crop. Plant in young leaf ribs, blanched for food use by tying paper around blocks of at least 5 square feet in order to ensure pollination. the bottom 12” of the plants during the growing season. Beautiful blue thistle flowers—use them in bouquets to prevent reseeding. 20 seeds. Area 100. GB $2.25 Sweet Corn Chicory  VCO-3315 Anasazi – 90 days. Ancient variety, propagated Cichorium intybus C,W/Matures 12-14/Harvest 2-4/Yield 60- from seeds found in Anasazi ruins. This Southwestern landrace 100/Spacing 12” heirloom is drought-resistant and doesn’t require the extreme Similar to Endive, of the same family and as hardy. Can be fertility and weed-free conditions needed by many modern sown in Spring for Autumn use, or over-wintered for Spring corns. Likes warmth 7-8 ft plants with 2 multicolored ears, 7” harvest. Can also be “forced” by pulling it up in late Autumn and long. 150 seeds. Area 180. O $3.50 replanting in a box of sand indoors for fresh Winter greens. VCO-3330 Country Gentleman (Shoe-peg) – 95 days. (1890) Heirloom white corn—many folks’ favorite. Deep narrow VCH-3180 Belgian Endive, Witloof – 160 days. These white kernels are sweet, tender and milky. 7-8“ tapered ears on 7-8 or pale yellow, torpedo-shaped “chicons” are a winter treat. foot stalks that can produce 2 ears. Resistant to Stewart’s wilt. Plant and grow like carrots, six inches apart. In the fall, cut the Great fresh, as cream style corn, or for canning. 150 seeds. tops off, dig the roots and store in a cool, dark, airy place like a Area 180. C $2.75 cellar, shed, or refrigerator. The chicons are grown by planting VCO-3340 Golden Bantam – 70 days. (1902) Old time the roots (a few at a time throughout the winter) in a box or pot favorite. Plump broad yellow kernels on 8-row 5-7” ears. Short, of moist sand or peat in the dark. Temperatures should be 50- 5’-6’ vigorous, high yielding plants. Excellent flavor for eating 60°. A romaine-like head of tender blanched leaves will sprout. or freezing. Can be ready by mid-Summer. 150 seeds. Area When it is 6” tall, it is ready to eat as a luscious winter salad, 180. C $2.75 braised, or steamed. In mild-climate areas, it may be possible  VCO-3325 Festivity – 75 days. We are so excited to to leave the plants in place, cut the tops, and put a box over. offer this new corn, a stable, open-pollinated sweet corn with 50 seeds. For complete instructions and recipes, see “Serving the amazing cold-hardiness and cool-weather performance Up the Harvest” in our book section. Area 30. C $2.00 of Painted Mountain (one of its parents) with some of the VCH-3190 Catalogna a Foglia Liscia, Italian Dandelion – characteristics that make modern corns so sweet. Grows 5-6 52-83 days. Fast growing plant traditionally used for early ft tall, often with multiple stalks, and 3 or 4 multicolored ears greens. Deep-cut long broad leaves resembling dandelion 5-6” long. A testament to the talents and persistence of small from spring sowings. Great braised with meat or lentils. 200 farmer/breeders who have proved that a hardy, tasty, new seeds. Area 120. C $2.25 sweet corn doesn’t need to be hybrid or come from a lab. Our VCH-3195 Early Treviso – 60-85 seed comes from stock that survived frost as seedlings and days. Easiest radicchio to grow, went on to produce well. 150 seeds, Area 180. O $3.50 and beautiful. A Romaine-type head of salad-sized leaves in shades of Popcorn and Flour Corns crimson and pink with bold white midrib and veins. Heads up from VCO-3280 Dent Corn, Hickory King White – 115 days. sowing in late summer to fall. To (1850) Huge kernels—voluptuous deep, wide, creamy-white assist heading and blanch more on a small 7-8” cob. Plants, are robust, 8’-9’, and grow on any leaves, you can tie the outer leaves soil. Good as sweet corn. Excellent for hominy, corn nuts or up around the head after it reaches cornmeal. Freezes well. Large plants make lots of compost full size 200 seeds. Area 120. O material. Southern heirloom. 150 seeds. Area 180. C $2.50 $1.95 VCO-3295 Flour Corn, Hopi Blue – 75-110 days. Ancient flint corn, traditional staple of the Hopi pueblo people. Bushy 5’ Collards plants bear 8-10” ears filled with smooth blue kernels. Drought- W,H/Matures 12/Harvest 24/Yield 96-383/Spacing 12” tolerant 150 seeds. Area 180.C $3.50  VCO-3290 Flour corn, Painted Mountain BACK!– 75- – 60-80 days. (1880) This 36” Non- VCO-3240 Georgia 100 days. Short 4-5’ plants bear 7” ears and can produce a heading cabbage is easily cultivated & tolerates poor soil. crop in spite of difficult conditions. Huge blue-green slightly crumpled juicy leaves can stand Tolerates less than optimum fertility, summer heat (slow to bolt) and winter cold. Esteemed for its cold, drought. Very early. Kernels mild flavor, enhanced by a mild freeze. We have received many look like jewelry, in bright, glowing comments from customers who really appreciate the flavor of colors, high in anti-oxidants. Can this particular strain. 200 seeds. Area 125. C $1.50 be eaten as sweet corn, makes great flour or hominy. Bred by Dave Christensen in Montana. 100 seeds. Cowpeas,Blackeye Peas Area 110. O $3.50 W,H/Matures 9-12/Harvest 8/Yield 2-9/Spacing 24 VCO-3300 Popcorn, Japanese Hulless – 110 days.Use for Home garden favorite for fresh, frozen or canned. “baby corn” (in Chinese dishes or pickling) if picked 5 days after silks appear, or grow to dry maturity for popcorn. Grows VBE-2160 California Black-eyed Peas– 85 days. Customers 5-6’ tall, producing 3 to 6 ears that are 4” and stubby, with say these are “unbelievably easy to grow”. Erect, high-yielding long, white, irregular kernels. Almost hulless - when popped plants bear creamy-textured beans with distinct, delicious there is no hard center. The finest eating of all open-pollinated flavor. 130 seeds. Area 375. C $2.00 varieties. 150 seeds. Area 180. C $2.50 Tree Collards We have tree collard cuttings seasonally. (they can’t grow from seed) Check web site or by phone for availability. 14 Cucumbers Endive W ,H/Matures 7-10/Harvest 7-14/Yield 158-580/Spacing 12” Cichorium endiva C,W/Matures 12-14/Harvest 2-4/Yield 60- Cucumbers are only slightly more hardy than melons, so plant in 100/Spacing 12” warm soil in warm weather. Heavy feeders. Keep well watered. If cucumber beetles are a problem cover with floating row cover VEN-3572 Frisee de Meaux – 60 days. An heirloom triple-cut which promotes early growth and protects from pests. curly endive from France, where Dominique Guillet has braved official persecution to save these traditional varieties from VCU-3430 Beit Alpha MR – 56 days. A very sweet, crisp extinction. This is the feathery, finely-branched pale leaf you Mid-Eastern type cucumber good for both salad and pickling. see in salad mix in winter. Grown like lettuce but grows more Essentially spineless, its black spines brush right off. Straight, slowly and is more frost-hardy. Big heads with blanched hearts. green, medium-sized 6” fruits. CMV resistant. Medium-sized 180 seeds. Area 75. O $1.75 vines. Crisp sweet flesh. 40 seeds. Area 25. C $1.75  VCU-3440 Lemon – 58-70 days (1894) Thin, tender Escarole skins. Size and shape of a lemon. Crunchy white flesh on Cichorium endiva C,W/Matures 12-14/Harvest 2-4/Yield 60- the inside is mild & surprisingly sweet. Very easy to digest. 100/Spacing 12” Excellent pickles. Rust & drought resistant. 40 seeds. Area 25. O $1.85 VEN-3574 Full-Heart Batavian– 60 days. Broad smooth  VCU-3445 Snow’s Fancy Pickling – 50-60 days. leaves of very mild escarole in self-blanching heads 12” tall and Heirloom from 1905. Selected for pickles, good canning size, across, dark green with creamy hearts. Sow early for spring up to 6”x2”. 40 seeds. Area 25. O $1.95 crops, and again in late July thru August for fall and winter. Serve your own salad greens for the hoidays!180 seeds. Area – 52-75 days. Dark green 8”X 2” VCU-3450 Straight Eight 75. C $1.75 cylinder with blunt ends. Prolific and vigorous plant that is tolerant to mosaic. Good for home use. 40 seeds. Area 25. C Fennel $1.50 Annual/Spacing 12” VCU-3460 Striped Armenian, Serpent Melon – 63 days. Cucumis melo. Fruits are long, ridged with dark and light green  VFE-3580 Perfection – 80 days. stripes. Digestible for people who can’t eat other cukes. Retains Great new open-pollinated fennel that quality a long time. Fairly late. 40 seeds. Area 25. C $1.95 is as high-yielding as many hybrids, and MCU-6310 Cucumber Mix – Assorted Cucumbers for fresh more flavorful. Grown for the “bulb”, the eating—no pickling types. 40 seeds. Area 25. $2.25 thick juicy base of the stems, like celery. Chop into salads or cook; mild anise flavor decreases with cooking. Tends to Eggplant bolt in spring—plant mid-June or later for H/Matures 10-11/Harvest 13/Yield 54-163/Spacing 18” fall crop. Stands fall frosts to 15° F. Sow Not too difficult to grow, but start the seed off indoors and keep directly in garden to avoid disturbing root. warm. Delicious when sliced and fried, steamed, or baked Needs sun, water, fertile soil, but easier whole. Medicinal: lowers cholesterol, regulates high blood than celery. 210 seeds. Area 100. O pressure, $1.95 VEG-3500 Casper White – 70-75 days. Early, compact plants produce shiny ivory fruits, 6” long, with snow-white, mild tasty Gourds flesh. Peeling not necessary when young. Plants bear until W,H/Matures 11-17/Harvest 6-17+/Yield 50-350/Spacing 18” killed by frost. 40 seeds. Area 80. C $1.75 MLA-6360 Large Gourd Mix – 125 days. Gourds have VEG-3510 Long Purple – 70-80 days. Excellent flavor. 22-38” historically been an essential part of domestic life, providing plants with 4 or more 8”X 2 ½” fruits per plant. This is the Asian, dippers, bottles, baskets and food containers. A forgiving crop long slender type, quick-cooking, with slices uniform in size.40 that has many decorative possibilities. Great on fences, trellis, seeds. Area 80. C $1.50 arches, etc. Get an early start with these. Includes Calabash,  VEG-3520 Rosa Bianca – 80-90 days. Italian heirloom. Dipper, Sugar Trough, and others. 15 seeds. Area 30. C $2.25 Unless your summer is too short or too cold, it’s hard to imagine anyone not loving this eggplant. Beautiful, plump fruits are shaded rosy pink and white, and the flavor is out-of-this world: creamy, mild, absolutely bitterfree.40 seeds. Area 80. O $1.75 VEG-3530 Thai Green – 70-80 days. Heirloom from Thailand, long with beautiful light-green 8” fruits. Slice it into curries and soups. Withstands light frosts. 40 seeds. Area 80. C $1.75 MEG-6330 Eggplant Mix – A mixture of different shapes and colors, and both long and round types. 40 seeds. $2.25

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VJI-3870 Jicama – 280 days. Jicama is a vine up to twenty feet long. In warm winter areas it can be planted outdoors in the spring; otherwise it must be started indoors. Needs 8-9 months to produce the sweet juicy crunchy roots that are the edible part. Needs sun, and rich moist soil. Caution: the seeds and pods of jicama are poisonous! 20 seeds. C $2.25 Ground Cherry, see page 28 15 Asian Greens VCO-3390 Corn Salad, Mache C/Matures 6-8/Harvest to 20/ W,H/Matures 7-11/Harvest 2-4/Yield 96-383/Spacing 10” Yield 130-540/Spacing 8”45-60 days. Vert de Cambrai. Small dark-green leaves have very mild flavor and delicate texture. Easy and fast growing—make good growth even with cool soils Hardy to 0° F but doesn’t like heat. Sown in Autumn to stand the and marginal fertility, though they really appreciate compost Winter. Whole plants are harvested for salad greens. Very high and moisture to make tender juicy leaves. culture like lettuce. vitamin C. 200 seeds. Area 50. C $1.75  VGR-3703 Chickweed Stellaria media Annual/Spacing VGR-3693 Vitamin Green– 21 days broadcast 37-50 days. Why plant a weed that exists wherever baby, 45 days full-size An entirely there are gardens? Well, this is a nice juicy, mild-flavored different kind of brassica, with no strain that endures some cold and flowers early to draw mustardy flavor. White stalks and beneficial insects to the garden to eat those spring aphids. very glossy green leaves are good Many herbal and culinary uses. Can be clipped every few days for salad, steamed, or stir-fry,. (until flowering) and used just like sprouts or mild lettuce, in Sometimes called “mustard spinach”, tacos, salads, garnish. Good nurse crop for spring seedlings, this green is easy to grow, unfazed or permanet part of a beneficial-attracting, low maintenance by heat, very cold-hardy, with mild, hedgerow 200 seeds. Area 100+. O $1.75 sweet flavor Good choice for winter and early spring salads. Eat stalks,  VGR-3705 Cress: Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled C / leaves, flowers. 80 seeds. Area 40. Matures 2-3/Spacing 4” 21 days. Fast and easy, regrowing C $1.75 over and over after cutting. Popular component of mesclun and VGR-3670 Mizuna – 40-65 days. Mild, feathery green is a salad mixes. Fluffy, curled leaves like parsley, with a sweet/ major part of almost all salad mixes. Vigorous plants grow spicy flavor for salad, soups, garnish. 300 seeds. Area 20. O quickly to 12”-24” and 2-4 lbs. Or cut when 3”-4” for salad mix. $1.75 (28 days) Cold resistant. Bolts in heat. 80 seeds. Area 40. C VGR-3770 Good King Henry Perennial/Spacing 12-18” $1.75 80 days. This rare plant, also known as Mercury or Lincolnshire  VGR-3680 Pak Choi – 50 days. Bok Choy, White Stem Spinach, has juicy long-stalked, (Chinensis Group) Essential for stir-fry. Dark green leaves arrow-shaped leaves very mild in & thick white stems make a tall celery-like head with mild flavor and famously nutritious. It mustard flavor. Very slow to bolt; holds well in the garden, but . is perennial at least to zone 7 and 80 seeds. Area 40. O $1.75 probably quite a bit colder, emerging Shungiku see Herbs, page 45 very early in spring. Needs cool  VGR-3690 Tatsoi – 45 days. (Chinensis group) Flat temps for germination—barely cover open rosettes of spoon-shaped dark green glossy leaves, thick seed, and keep moist. 75 seeds. broad crisp but tender white stalks. 12-18”.Stands some frost, Area 56. C $1.95 bolts in heat. 80 seeds. Area 40. O $1.75 VGR-3400 Minutina, Erba Stella, MAS-6210 Asian Greens Mix – An larger assortment of Asian Plantago coronopus Perennial/ Greens, plus Cilantro and Shungiku from our Herb section. 80 Matures 7-8/Spacing 4” 50 days. seeds. Area 40.$2.25 Staghorn. Crunchy, succulent leaves make a great addition to salads. Ultra-hardy. Minutina, like miner’s lettuce, corn salad, and mizuna, stands all winter, Specialty Greens even in Maine, in an unheated greenhouse. (See Four-Season Greens retain the vigor and nutritional value of their wild Harvest in our book section). Small plant makes a rosette of ancestors. Many will take some shade in summer, and make slender leaves, cut and forked like a stag’s horns. Easy to good, fast-growing intercrops between slower larger plants grow, takes very little space, regrows after cutting. Flower like cabbage, broccoli, even tomatoes. Generally, new growth buds edible, too. 500 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 and young leaves are good in salad, while older leaves can be VGR-3720 Miners Lettuce Montia perfoliata Annual/Spacing: braised, steamed or added to soup, spaghetti sauce, or stir-fry. Broadcast. 40 days. Wild American native popular in Europe for Salad possibilities elsewhere in the catalog include chicory, its tender juicy leaves and mild buttery flavor. Extremely hardy endive, fennel, amaranth, quinoa, kale, and spinach; also the for extra-early and late sowings. Adapts well to greenhouses. herbs chervil, burnet, borage, lovage, and the basils. Shade-tolerant. Entire plant is edible; best before flowering. 200 VGR-3735 Agretti C/Matures 6-8/Spacing 6”50 days. One of seeds. C $1.95 the very popular greens of Italy, now available to American VGR-3760 French Sorrel Rumex gardeners. Plants look like chives, but the round leaves are acetosa Perennial/Spacing 6 juicy and crunchy instead of hollow. Taste is unusual and ”60 days. Broadleaf. Perennial in complex blend of flavors, great for crunch in salad or braised all zones. Likes partial shade and briefly with olive oil and garlic. Regrows after cutting; snip it for any soil. Leaves appear in spring salad. Perishable seed: we will not ship Agretti after April1.100 from the perennial rootstocks, seeds. Area 15. C $2.00 long before the soil is warm  VGR-3740 Arugula, Rocket Eruca sativa Annual/ enough for seed to sprout. Large Spacing 12”37-50 days. Fast and easy in most soils, and cold- leaves have a lemon tang that is hardy. Likes some water. Spicy, tender leaves and flowers for a great in salad, herb butter, soup salads. For tender salad greens, plant every 2 weeks—bolts and seafood sauces. Keep picked for longer production. 200 quickly. Be sure and leave some plants to flower and make seeds. Area 50. C $1.75 seed—they flower for a long time, drawing important pollinators the whole time, and then scatter their own seed so that they will keep reappearing in the same spot if undisturbed. Easy in pots too.200 seeds. Area 100+. O $1.75

16 VGR-3830 Strawberry Spinach Orach, Mountain Spinach Chenopodium capitatum Annual/ Atriplex hortensis One of the oldest cultivated vegetables in the Spacing 8” 55 days. Beetberry, world. An excellent hot-weather spinach substitute, for salad Strawberry Blite. At least 400 greens or cooking. Grows straight up to 2-3 feet tall on sturdy years old, an ancient plant stalks, so good for compact gardens. Sow in place, and keep re-discovered at monastery watered. Best salad quality from first 18” of growth, so pick sites. Like Lambs Quarters, but leaves or cut young plants whole. smaller. At each leaf axil there are small sweet, fruits somewhat VGR-3820 Oracle W,H/Matures 5-9/Spacing 12” Unusual like strawberries or mulberries. frosted-magenta color, mild, slightly salty flavor. Leaves can be Nice fresh, in salad, cooked, or eaten fresh or steamed. This is the popular red variety we have in jellies. May reseed. 90 seeds. carried for several years. 80 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 Area 25. C $1.95 VGR-3825 Aurora W,H/Matures 5-9/Spacing 12” 37-60 days. VGR-3840 Texsel Greens Brassicat carinata Annual/Spacing An amazing rainbow of bright and unusual colors really jazzes 8” 40 days. A fast-growing, mild-flavored green from Ethiopia. up summer salads and vegetable plates: red, gold, green, pink, Very useful catch-crop, intercrop, or early greens, used for salad carmine, and purple. The leaves have a shimmery radiance that when young, cooked later on. It is one of the few brassicas that you really have to see. 80 seeds. Area 50. O $1.95 can be grown in gardens afflicted with clubroot, where cabbage, broccoli, etc. cannot thrive. Different species from all those brassicas, so can save seed without crossing. Tolerant of heat Kale and cold, but needs fertile, moisture-retentive soil—will bolt if C/Matures 8-9/Harvest 17/Yield 76-153/Spacing 15” allowed to dry out. 90 seeds. Area 25.C $1.95 Borecole, or “Winter Greens” stands the severest winter weather and provides cooked greens through winter and into early spring, sending up tender new growth long before other Hot-Weather Greens crops have sprouted. Frost improves flavor.

VKA-3910 Lacinato (Dinosaur) – 50-60 days. Italian heirloom VGR-3750 Egyptian Spinach Corchorus olitorius W,H/ requested by many customers. Delicious 3” dark blue-green Matures 10/Spacing 12” 70 days. Molokheiya. Multi-purpose leaves, 10-18” long. Milder and more tender than many kales. vegetable that can survive both dry and wet conditions. Fresh Very hardy, flavor enhanced by frost. Best eaten when small leaves can be eaten as salad or cooked greens, and dried and tender. Heavily savoyed texture (like dinosaur skin). Baby leaves can be used to thicken soups or for tea. Regrows for leaves excellent in salads. 85 seeds. Area 100. C $1.75 multiple cuttings. Makes a nice potted plant—grows about 2” VKA-3920 Pentland Brig – 68 days. European favorite for tall and bears yellow flowers if not clipped for food use. Loves hardiness and fine flavor. High yields of curled leaves hold all heat. 100 seeds. Area 65. C $1.95 winter; juicy flowering shoots appear in spring. Gray-blue color, VGR-3790 Malabar Spinach Bassela rubra W,H/Matures 16- nice texture, sheds water well. 50 seeds. C $1.75 20/Harvest 14-16/Yield 180-270Spacing 12” 90 days. A very  VKA-3930 Russian Red – 50-60 days. (1885) Ragged unusual productive and delicious Asian vegetable. Thick, dark- Jack. Very hardy, for overwintering, with delicate flavor. Use green leaves on handsome 6’ vines provide abundant tasty for salad when young, or enjoy the frost-sweetened leaves greens throughout the summer when spinach will no longer in winter dishes.. Very beautiful purple/red oak-type leaves. grow: heat tolerant and vigorous. Delicious mild taste equally Survived weeks of heat in our garden. 100 seeds. Area 125. O good in salads and cooking. Handsome on a trellis or screen. $1.95 50 seeds. Area 30. C $2.50VGR-3800  VKA-3932 White Russian VGR-3800 New Zealand Spinach Tetragonia expansa W,H/ – NEW!-50-60 days. (1885) Matures 10/Harvest up to 42/Yield 180-270/Spacing 12” 50-70 From Frank Morton’s remarkable days. Not actually spinach, but a good hot weather substitute. breeding program for organic Salt tolerant and will even grow in sand. Has small arrow- growers. The most winter-hardy shaped leaves, thicker than spinach. Very slow to germinate so kale we offer, and the most give it time. Tastes a lot like spinach cooked. Regular trimming resistant to flooding and soggy encourages lush growth. 40 soils. Has won many taste tests seeds. Area 25. C $1.95 in spite of its tough constitution. Cut and frilled edges with white VGR-3730 Purslane Portulaca midribs, mild flavor, easy to grow. oleracea Annual/Spacing: 12” 100 seeds. Area 125. O $1.95 50 days Does well in any garden  MWE-6460 Wild Garden soil, and loves hot weather. Kale Mix – 50-60 days. This is a varied, tasty, and beautiful Fleshy, crunchy leaves have a gene pool of Russian/Siberian type kales. Colors from green fresh, very slightly lemony flavor, through purple, and leaf edges from single to triple cut and curl. great in summer salads. Popular Intended for mid-July-Aug sowing, fall cropping and successful in many countries as a cooking overwintering in milder climates to produce copious leaves and green, braised, steamed, or in flowering stalks in early spring. A genetic gold mine for farmers soups. Pulls salts out of soil, so who wish to select strains adaptable to their own environment. can be used to remove minerals Bred by Frank Morton. 50 seeds. Area 60. O $1.95 or nutrients that are out of balance in the soil, from years of irrigation in drylands, or from over-fertilization, etc. Ayervedic herb. 200seeds. Area 100+ C $1.95 Kohlrabi C,W/Matures 7-8/Harvest 1-4/Yield 67-270/Spacing 4”

VKO-3970 Early White Delicacy – 50-65 days. The edible portion of this vegetable is the swollen stem just above soil level. Less susceptible to root maggot, clubroot, and other plagues than most brassicas. For tender stems, assure fertility and water, harvest at tennis-ball size, peel and eat fresh. 135 seeds. Area 10. E $1.50 17 Lettuce Sword or Longleaf Quick growth makes for good flavor and tenderness, so assure VLE-4212 Chinese Sword Lettuce – spring/summer/fall 45 water and fertility. (Lime acid soils). Lettuce seeds will not days. A Bountiful Gardens exclusive, this is a separate species sprout once temperatures reach 85 degrees. Put in a jar in the of lettuce from China. We are pleased to offer this variety, refrigerator 4-5 days before planting. In summer heat, sow in which was sent to us from Asia and was the earliest header in the evening, water well, and give some shade. our trials. Fast-growing very narrow pointed heads take up the least space in the garden. Great for containers and squeezing Within each type of lettuce, some are better for planting in each into spaces between other crops.. Nice flavor, full and non- season. This year we are designating the best planting time for bitter. Also used in cooking add it to stir-fries or soups. Stands each variety. Spring lettuces can be planted as early as you rain, adverse weather well. Lactuca longifolia 300 seeds. Area can work the soil. Seeds will germinate when soil reaches 45 100. C $1.95 degrees, and transplants will grow in even colder soil as long as days are above freezing. Brief night frost down to 25 is not a problem. Summer varieties are best planted in succession Bibb starting in mid-spring. They are bred to be bolt-resistant under C,W/Matures 6-13/Harvest 1-3/Yield 135-540/Spacing 10” heat stress, though shade-cloth will improve quality. Fall varieties can be planted in pots or flats in a shady place in VLE-4130 Buttercrunch– spring/summer 50-75 days. AAS. August, and transplanted into the garden under shade-cloth Compact green heads with crisp pale heart. One of the most or taller crops. Late fall crops of baby greens and a few ultra- popular garden lettuces, crisper than hardy varieties can be planted September/October to stand other butterheads. 300 seeds. Area through late fall, or winter in mild climates. 100. C $1.75  – Lettuce types: Looseleafs make a head that fans out so that VLE-4143 Deer tongue spring/fall 50-75 days. We’ve had the center leaves are visible. They are tolerant of marginal several requests for this beloved conditions, and can be cut leaf-by-leaf or all at once. Butterheads heirloom from the eighteenth have silky texture and small, rose-like heads. Bibbs are looser, century. Unique and delicious. with the same silky leaf, but a crunchy midrib. Romaine (or Pointed triangular leaves have Cos) makes a tall head with crunchy midrib. Summercrisp buttery texture but with a crunch. types have a tall, ruffled head, with a crisp, somewhat blanched Unusual and choice.300 seeds. interior. Iceberg types have a firm, wrapped head, and a dense, Area 100. O $1.95 blanched, crisp interior. Stem lettuce is a unique kind that is still good after bolting. Sword lettuce looks like a romaine, faster- Butterhead growing, with a tighter head and pointed teardrop shape C,W/Matures 6-13/Harvest 1-3/Yield 135-540/Spacing 10”

VLE-4110 Amish Speckled Romaine (Cos) Butterhead– spring 60-70 days. C,W/Matures 6-13/Harvest 1-3/Yield 135-540/Spacing 10” Luscious, tender and easy to grow, this butterhead is resistant  to tip burn and very slow to bolt. VLE-4205 Crisp Mint– spring/fall 60-70 days. Heavy Lime green leaves speckled with heads with real romaine backbone, flavor, and juice. Mint green red on the outer leaves wrap pink leaves (minty color, not flavor) surround crystal white hearts hearts. Sweet flavor, dense large of puckered leaves. Prizewinner for hearts, top quality .300 seeds. crisp, sweet flavor. Top choice for Area 100. GB $1.95 Caesar salad. 300 seeds. Area 100. O $1.95  – fall/  – summer VLE-4250 Arctic King VLE-4200 Jericho winter 60-70 days. European heirloom, this is bred for winter 60-65 days. Heat-resistant Israeli growth and resistance to the rots and mildew that wet winter variety with large, dense, green heads weather can bring. Unbelievably vigorous seed—fastest 12-14” tall. Golden Rule Garden sprouting ever in our germination tests. Good choice for coordinator Ellen Bartholomew coldframes.300 seeds. Area 100. GB $1.95 says, “It will not bolt unless you beg  it to. I love it, and it gave crispness to VLE-4120 Ben Shemen–summer 60-70 days. Summer summer salads.” Excellent flavor.150 butterhead type from Israel, bred to be slow-bolting and seeds. Area 50. O $2.95 maintain quality in intense heat. Large, dark-green, compact heads that are very sweet. 300 seeds. Area 100. GB $2.25 VLE-4210 Little Gem – spring/fall  60 days. Easy-to-grow main season lettuce, with flavor that VLE-4160 Marvel of 4 Seasons—spring/fall—45-70 won the Royal Horticultural Society taste competition. Small days. Our own Winter Sun strain of an old French variety. Very heads grow rapidly to 6” and are mostly heart—crispy and hardy red butterhead. In cold-frames it can survive to about sweet. 300 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 15° F, and can take some frost in the open, though it grows better protected. Unlike most winter lettuces, which are for fall  –spring/summer/fall 68 days. VLE-4215 Outstanding use only, this grows very well in cold spring soil. 300 seeds. Red Romaine—big upright heads, crunchy, and really red. Area 100. GB $2.50 Selected for color, big tight heads, slow bolting, and disease  resistance. Best in its class.150 seeds. Area 50.O $2.75 VLE-4310 Winter Marvel, Merveille D’Hiver – fall / winter 60 days. From the French market gardeners of the –spring/fall/winter 55-65 days. VLE-4230 Winter Density 1850’s, a productive and hardy variety for late summer/fall Sweet-flavored lettuce with large, heavy, dark-green heads planting. Large green heads have tasty, tender leaves, yet are 9-10” high. Much used for Autumn sowing. Slow to bolt. A are hardy to 18° F. From our research garden. 300 seeds. Area Romaine with dense crunchy hearts like an iceberg. The most 100. GB $2.50 frost-hardy head lettuce. 300 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95

18  VLE-4276 Rossimo – Iceberg spring/summer45-60 days. Frilled C,W/Matures 6-13/Harvest 1-3/Yield 75-300/Spacing 12” and textured leaves are bright red on top, light green underneath. Beautiful and prolific, with large, full heads and VLE-4265 Ice Queen (Reine des Glaces) spring/summer – 65 days. Stays crisp in heat, slow-bolting. Crisp green head mild sweet flavor. Slow to bolt. Seed surrounded by fringed lacy outer leaves; a beautiful and regal grown by our apprentices at Golden heirloom. Makes a nice leaf lettuce after the head is cut. With Rule Garden. 300 seeds. Area 100. GB crunch and refreshing pale green color. 160 seeds. Area 100. $2.75 C $2.00 VLE-4263 Anuenue – summer 68-87 days. The only lettuce we know that will sprout in temperatures above 85. Ah-new-ee-  VLE-4285 Sunset spring/ new-ee, means “rainbow” in Hawaiian. Does equally well for summer 40-66 days. AAS winner 1987. cutting when young, or as a mature head lettuce. No worries Replaces Red Sails. Ellen at Golden with this one; good flavor, slow to bolt, good-looking and easy, Rule says, “One of our new favorites ...it even if you’ve never been able to grow head lettuce before. was so beautiful that we grew it near the Starts off slow, but when the others are bolting and wilting, it entrance for guests to ooh and ahh over. heads up.150 seeds. Area 100. O $2.25 And it tastes great.” Vivid red-edged leaves, slow to bolt, nice full heads. 300 Stem Lettuce seeds. Area 100. GB $1.75 VLE-4290 Salad Bowl – spring/summer/ C,W/Matures 6-13/Harvest 1-3/Yield 135-540/Spacing 8” fall/winter 45-68 days. AAS 1942. A light-green, extra-early looseleaf lettuce with great frost resistance either as a young  VLE-4242 Cracoviensis lettuce in spring or as a fall lettuce for winter.. Long, wavy – spring/summer/fall/winter 40 leaves stand up well to rain and wet. Fairly large, very bolt- days. There is no other lettuce like resistant, will not get bitter in heat. Leaves are easily harvested Cracoviensis—each leaf is heavily and regrow well. 300 seeds. Area 100. C $1.75 textured, like dinosaur kale, rather than ruffled or curled on the edges. The Mixes—one packet mixed seeds leaves are lightly brushed with a deep purple-red, rather than the bronze- MBO-6240 Bolt-resistant Lettuce Mix –50-65 days. A mix brown common in “red” lettuce. Then, of heading and leaf types that show tolerance to heat and are when summer heat causes lettuce to least likely to bolt when the days get long and hot. 300 seeds. bolt, the stalks (and leaves) are sweet $2.25 and edible instead of getting bitter like MHE-6340 Heirloom Lettuce Mix – 50-65 days. A combination other lettuce! Use like celery. We like the stalks with dip on of as many of our varieties as possible. 300 seeds. Area 100. a hot day. A nice multi-season lettuce, as bolting is welcome, $2.25 and the savoyed texture of the leaves gives it a lot of cold- MNO-6400 Salad Mix (Mesclun)– 55 days (30 for baby hardiness.200 Seeds. Area 100. O $2.25 greens) A mix of lettuces and other salad greens with various colors and shapes. Often planted very densely and cut down Looseleaf all at once for baby greens. 400 seeds. Area 120. $2.25 C,W/Matures 6-13/Harvest 1-3/Yield 135-540/Spacing 8” Collections—several packets

 VLE-4260 Bronze Arrow – spring/summer/fall/winter 60 no duplications between collections days. A rare, long-standing heirloom leaf lettuce that has it all. We feel it is one of the best lettuces in the world. Stays tasty at LSP-6765 Spring Salad Garden –50-65 days. For the start of prime size for about three weeks even in hot weather without the season, a bouquet of beautiful, delicious, and fast-growing bolting. Takes cold equally well—we get call from folks who lettuces selected especially for growth in cool spring soil and have bought a mix and have one lettuce left standing when the sweet fresh flavor. Makes an easy way to start the season. rest are frozen slime ...and it’s always Bronze Arrow. Harvest Both red and green lettuces, of several types, along with an leaf by leaf or as whole heads—regrows either way. One of edible flower. Great in containers if the ground is still too wet or our gardeners took seven full cuttings from each of her plants icy. 7 packets $12. one summer. Oak-leaf shaped, bronze-red leaves are tops for LSU-6772 Summer Salad Garden– An assortment of salad appearance and sweet flavor. 300 seeds. Area 100. GB $2.50 greens selected for best performance in hot weather and  VLE-4266 Cocarde – 60-65 days. spring/fall Beautiful long days. Separate packets allow you to design a beautiful deep red oakleaf with trumpet-shaped, more upright heads that salad bed, or tuck in a few plants whenever a space opens up. keep the leaves up off the ground, a real plus in damp weather Includes several different lettuce types and colors, one other or where slugs and diseases are a problem. One gardener salad green, a salad herb, and an edible flower, for cool and said “it gave me double the number of usable leaves in a damp beautiful summer meals. 7 packets $12. summer.” Slow-bolting, and makes extremely fast growth in LFA-6687 Fall and Winter Salad Garden– Our most frost- spring cold. 300 seeds. Area 100. O $2.75 hardy lettuces, in a variety of types and colors, plus three  VLE-4267 Emerald Oak – spring/fall 60-65 days. specialty greens that brave winter weather and taste great in Compact, jewel-green oakleaf that makes perfect “baby leaf” salad. This collection will work for fall in the coldest zones, and cuttings while young and a dense buttery-hearted head if grown will go all winter in Zone 7 or 8 and above. Includes plans for to full maturity. This was bred for flavor, and its mild sweet taste a simple cold-frame and a sturdy, inexpensive plastic cover to and silky/crunchy texture are outstanding. 300 seeds. Area extend the season. A great place to start if you want to be more 100. O $2.75 self-sufficient, extend your gardening season, and have the VLE-4273 Merlot – spring/summer/fall 58 (30 baby) days. freshest, tastiest winter salads. 7 packets $12. Darkest red of all lettuces—can get deep purple in bright sun— and highest in anti-oxidant anthocyanins. Ellen at Golden Rule BGE-1227 Salad Leaves for all Seasons Book $22.00 Garden says,” This was the most beautiful lettuce we had in our garden. Very slow to bolt.” Shiny curly leaves have complete resistance to downy mildew races 1-16. Quite frost-hardy. 300 seeds. Area 100. GB $2.75 19 Leeks Mustard C,W/Matures 19/Harvest 4-6/Yield 240-960/Spacing 6” ALL/Matures 5-6/Harvest 8/Yield 180-270/Spacing 6” Leeks are extremely hardy, do not take up much space, are Mustard is found in most temperate regions of the world. easily grown, and resistant to disease . A delicious addition to Another cultivated weed that is easy to grow with only limited soups or stews. Requires well manured or composted soil and rainfall or occasional watering. Plant early spring, late summer, an early start. Hill-up dirt or mulch around them as they grow to fall for winter crop in mild areas. Re-seeds easily. Leaves are make long, white stems. rich source of vitamins A and C.

VLE-4030 Musselburgh – 80-150 days. Very easy to grow.  VMU-4455–Green Wave NEW! 35-60 days. Bigger, Large thick pure white stems 9” high. Broad, mild leaves. easier to grow, and more flavorful than Southern Curled. Strong cold resistance. Excellent eating, and very dependable. Large, bright-green leaves with frilled edges loose their 150 seeds. Area 20. C $1.95 peppery mustard hotness when cooked but still have lots of VLE-4018-Carentan – NEW ! 135 days. Most tolerant of rich, complex flavor Cold hardy and also heat-resistant—200 fluctuating temperatures and heavy soil in our trials this year. seeds. Area 15. O $1.50 Huge leeks with long succulent white shaft. Holds a long time. MMU-6390 Mild Kingdom Mustard Greens Mix – 35-60 150 seeds. Area 20. C $1.95 days. A tremendous mix of mild-flavored mustards from Peters Seed and Research. Diversity of leaf shapes and colors in Lentil shades of green and purple Many W,H/Matures 12/Harvest 8/Yield 4-8/Spacing 4” are selected for cold and disease A straggling 12-18” vine that produces flat, two seeded pods. resistance as well as mild sweet Cultivate like peas—cold hardy. Bears over a very long season flavor. The grower is no longer if given summer shade, perhaps under taller crops. Keep vines farming, so this is the last we will dry as possible to prevent disease. Rich meaty taste, full of get.100 seeds. C $3.25 protein, fast-cooking. Nitrogen-fixer, improves soil, honey – 35-50 plant. VMU-4440 Red Giant days. Sweet zesty lime-green leaves overlaid with bright purple.  VLE-4080 Green French – 120-150 days. Dark green, small mottled seeds that look like semi-precious stones. Often seen in salad mix when Choice. 200 seeds. Area 15. O $1.95 young, and excellent cooked— sweet and mild, full of vitamins/ minerals. Prime ornamental Melon edible with flowers or contrasting H/Matures 12-17/Harvest 13/Yield 50-145/Spacing 15” foliage in containers and beds. A tropical plant, melons can be a challenge. Does not like cool 200 seeds. Area 15. C $1.95 temperatures or even prolonged cloudiness. Start indoors or

under cover—needs 80 degrees for germination—one month before planting out in warm, settled weather. Or sow outdoors Mushroom Growing Kits after weather is warm. Provide plenty of water until fruit sets, We are delighted to offer mushroom growing kits that enable then only enough to prevent wilting. Our melon varieties are chosen for great flavor and adaptability to less-than-perfect you to produce delicious edible mushrooms at home. From the conditions. pioneer and leader in the field, Paul Stamets at Fungi Perfecti, these kits are produced under laboratory conditions and have VME-4353 Crane – 75-85 days. been sold to satisfied customers for over 20 years. Choose the This luscious, very fast- maturing indoor kit, which is in a plastic bag that can sit on the kitchen crenshaw type was developed and counter (you just water occasionally), or the outdoor bed refined by the Crane family, who starter, where you supply wood chips or straw. Most amazing have farmed in Santa Rosa, CA for of all, you can make a mushroom patch right in your vegetable 6 generations. Golden orange flesh, beds, and have the mushrooms protect your vegetables from teardrop shape, pale green skin diseases and add nutrients. flecked with dark green. When the freckles turn orange, its ready to eat. 10 seeds. Area 12. C $2.25 SMU-9376– Pearl Oyster Indoor Mushroom Patch— VME-4350 Charentais – 80 days. Bouquets of Pearl Oyster mushrooms French melon known for its fine, (Pleurotis ostreatus) will appear sweet taste and ability to ripen even within two weeks of arrival. A 55 to in cool areas. Vivid orange with smooth striped skin.. Fruits 75 degrees F environment is needed. about 2 lbs. Wonderful flavor. 30 seeds. Area 35. C $1.95 This kit produces a surprisingly large VME-4360 Green Honeydew – 98 days. Round with sweet, thick, green flesh. Average 6-8 lbs. Excellent keeper. Tolerates crop of tasty mushrooms, and when powdery mildew, and fusarium. 30 seeds. Area 35. C $1.95 it has stopped producing it can be VME-4370 Haogen – 80-85 days. Fragrant, sweet melon with used as starter for an outdoor bed or a green and salmon swirled flesh. Smooth pale-yellow rind compost pile.—$24. with green sutures. Vigorous vines, heavy crops of small fruits. Grows anywhere in mainland U.S. Needs some watering in dry spells. Israeli adaptation of ancient SW Indian melon. 30 SMU-9377—Outdoor Mushroom Patch Starter—Garden seeds. Area 35. C $1.95 Oyster Mushroom (Hypsizgus ulmarius) is a great ally of VME-4380 Iroquois – 75-90 days. Muskmelon. Tough, most garden vegetables. Mix this vigorous starter into a bed protective rind makes this melon exceptional for roadside of straw, sawdust, and organic debris. The bed should start markets or the home garden. 5-7 pounds with an attractive producing mushrooms in 9 to 12 months, feeding the roots of oval shape and thick, deep orange, extra-sweet flesh. Heavily the underlying plants all the while. With appropriate care, will netted. Earliest to ripen in our garden. 30 seeds. Area 35. C produce for years! Full instructions included.—$25.00 $1.95 MME-6380 Melon Mix – Heirloom quality, great flavor, a variety of types. 30 seeds. Area 35. $2.50 20 Onions Bunching (Scallions) Allium cepa W/Matures 14-17/Harvest 0-6/Yield 100-540/  Spacing 4” VON-4540 Chives 80 days. Allium schoenoprasum Easy and useful perennial herb with delicate onion taste. Showy edible flowers. Survives anything: drought, standing water, Bulb poor soil, etc. Near ideal indoor herb. Good garden companion, Onions need full sun, a fertile soil, and regular water. In addition, helps repel aphids. 150 seeds. Area 6. O $1.95 some need long summer days to bulb up. Southern gardeners VLE-4010 Garlic Chives 70 days. Allium tuberosum Hiro (below 36º lat.) should choose day-length neutral or short-day Haba. Somewhat like chives, with broad, deep green leaves up types. (These are noted.) Harvest when the tops begin to dry to 14” long. Leaves, buds and stems are all edible, with a garlic- up and fall over, then shade-cure for a week before storing. chive flavor raw or cooked. 100 seeds. Area 15. O $1.95 VON-4550 Welsh 80 days. Allium fistulosum Perennial. VON-4573 Cipollini—NEW!105-125 days Italian heirloom Native of Siberia. Likes deeply-dug rich loam; keep watered boiling and pickling onions—perfect for skewers, braising, and weeded until established. grilling, roasting ...Flattened, golden orbs almost too pretty to Grow like Chives. Flavor is a eat, but the flavor is delicious.150 seeds. Area 8. C $1.95 little stronger than Chives and VON-4590 New York Early – 94-100 days. Dependable, milder than Onion. The tops are productive, and attractive with copper skin. Very hard blocky available throughout the Winter. bulbs tender, sweet and mildly pungent flesh. Does well Perennial. 150 seeds. Area 6. E anywhere in 38-50° latitude. Good keeper. 150 seeds. Area $1.95 11. O $2.25 VON-4555 Crimson Forest 70- VON-4595 Red Creole – 160 days. A small to medium sized 90 days. Allium cepa Beautiful flattened onion with reddish buff skin and red pungent flesh. deep red stalks with color that Fair in storage. Particularly adapted to 24-28° latitude; for extends several layers down. southern gardeners. 160 seeds. Area 11. C $1.95 Decorative and mild flavored, with a sweeter taste than green VON-4600 Red Torpedo – 95-200 days. Italian, Early Red onions. Very ornamental in salads. Succession sow spring Long. Spindle-shaped bulbs, averaging one pound. Purple through summer. 100 seeds. Area 4. C $1.95 skin and light-red flesh with a mild, sweet flavor. Poor keeper VON-4560 White Lisbon 60-110 days. Allium cepa (1865) Very due to sweetness. Fresh market favorite, and a favorite at our popular, very quick-growing. Vigorous and prolific producer of garden. Intermediate day length. 150 seeds. Area 11. C $2.50 ample green tops and clear, silvery-white shafts. Delicious, mild VON-4620 Southport White Globe – 65-120 days. Best flavor. Does grow bulb but not a keeper. Sow in succession in white keeper. Handsome medium-size globe. Flesh is fine- vegetable bed. 150 seeds. Area 6. C $1.95 grained, very firm and snowy-white with pungent flavor. Excellent bunching onion and as Autumn onions. Preferred by restaurants. Needs long days. 150 seeds. Area 11. C $1.95 Parsnips VON-4610 Southport Red Globe – 65-120 days. Unusual C,W/Matures 12-15/Harvest to 26/Yield 119-479/Spacing 4” long-keeping red onion, famous for fine flavor and keeping Popular for its naturally sweet flavor. Reliable food during the ability. Heavy-yielding. Good in Northern gardens. Plant in winter months. Grown like Carrots, but parsnips are hardier— spring for autumn harvest. Best red for cooking; specified in the roots will take 0 degrees in the ground and flavor improves some recipes. 150 seeds. Area 11. C $1.95 with frost. Needs deep, well-prepared, loose soil. Seed takes VON-4625 Texas Early Grano – 168-179 days. A short-day a long time to germinate—mulch lightly and keep moist until Vidalia type onion for Southern growers. Large globe-shaped seeds sprout. Use seed promptly—it doesn’t keep. bulbs with straw-colored skin and soft white flesh with a sweet mild flavor. Limited keeper. 150 seeds. VPA-4740 Tender and True – 100 days. A fine quality Parsnip Area 11. C $1.95 with roots at least 3” across at the top, long and smooth. Reputed VON-4627 Valencia—NEW!– 105-125 to have the finest flavor of all. Almost core-less. Resistance to days This onion has been getting raves canker. A delicacy. 180 seeds. Area 12. E $1.95 from farmers and home gardeners VPA-4745 Turga—New!–100 because it is easy to grow, non-bolting, days The most vigorous high quality, and a good keeper. A germination and seedling growth Spanish Sweet Yellow type, it works in of any variety we have trialed. long or short-day situations.150 seeds. Handles heat, drought, and heavy Area 11. C $1.95 soil well and produces heavy VON-4630 Walla Walla – 100-125 yields of medium-to-short, sturdy days. Big, juicy, sweet onion from roots. Unusually dependable, Washington that can grow to 3 lbs. In Good keeper, strong grower, Walla Walla, WA. They’re planted in August and overwintered. delicious flavor.180 seeds. Area Spring-planted bulbs will be somewhat smaller. Also use for 12. C$1.95 green onions. Mild sweet onions wonderful for raw eating, but VPA-4780 White Gem—100 won’t store. Adapted latitude 35-55. Winter-hardy to 0°F.150 days Productive heirloom very seeds. Area11. O $1.95 short and broad, so good in tough or shallow soils. Seed grown VON-4580 Giant Zittau – 100- in our research garden, where it .produced heavy yields in 110 days. (1885) Excellent yellow spite of very heavy, rocky, clay soil. Resistant to canker. White heirloom, longest keeper in our skin, sweet flavor.180 seeds. Area 12. C$1.95 trials. The 4-5” bulbs are beautiful— flattened with an attractive, almost silky golden-brown skin. Delicious taste. Spring or Autumn sowing. Day-length neutral. Very productive. Good for pickles. 150 seeds. Area 11. C $1.95

21 Okra Snow H,W/Matures 7-8/Harvest 13/Yield 30-120/Spacing 12” Famous in Asian cooking, these are cooked whole when young, Okra is grown much like corn, though it prefers that Southern while the pods are still flat. Very cold-hardy. moist heat. Disease resistant & needs little care. In short- season areas, it will need indoor start 2-4 weeks before planting out into warm, settled weather. The pods are ideal for VPE-4827 Dwarf Grey Sugar – NEW!!—60 days. Heirloom soups, stews, and gumbos. dates to before1773, and is still a charmer for its early yields of bite-size pods, its pink and purple flowers, and its short 30” vines. Newly popular for salad—the top 6’ of new growth  VOK-4490 Burgundy – 49-60 days. AAS 1988. A pretty plant with green leaves with burgundy ribbing, creamy yellow and/or the flowers are a delicious (and expensive, in stores) flowers, and deep burgundy branches and fruit. Tender 6-8” delicacy. For salad (or light cooking or garnish) its best to pods of finest quality. 100 seeds. Area 60. O $1.95 have a separate patch , sow in succession, and clip short tips often.250 seeds. Area 10. C $2.50  VOK-4500 Clemson Spineless – 50-64 days. AAS 1939. Most popular okra. 3-5 foot mildly bushy stalks bearing VPE-4810 Oregon Sugar Pod – 60 days. Productive 24” to quality, straight spineless 6-9” pods with a 2”diameter. Rich 30” dwarf vines. Big 4½” pods of excellent quality. Pods are green color. Prolific producer. 100 seeds. Area 60. O $1.75 borne in pairs. FW, PEM and PS resistant. From Dr. Baggett at OSU. 250 seeds. Area 10. C $2.50 Parsley C,W/Matures 10-13/Harvest to 40/Yield 45-182/Spacing 5” Peppers Parsley is one of the most health-giving of all the vegetables H/Matures 9-12/Harvest up to 17/Yield fresh 36-197, hot dried and herbs, good for heart, stomach and blood. A biennial, it 5-20/Spacing 12” can stand a mild Winter with some help, or may sprout again in Peppers are tropical plants and won’t take temps below 45-50 early Spring. Likes reasonably good well-limed soil. degrees. Start indoors a month before last frost date and plant out into warm soil. Keep moisture even. Self-pollinating (5-10%  VPA-4670 Broad Leafed (Plain) – 75 days. Flat leaves crossing), so you can save seed from favorites. Leaves are and sturdy stems. Good for drying because it has a strong, poisonous. This year we are rating the peppers for hotness: 0 aromatic flavor. Dark green prolific plants with a great deal of is sweet, 5 is hotter than hot. bulk. 140 seeds. Area 15. O $1.75  VPA-4680 Darki – 70-77 days. Dark-green intensely Hot curled heavy leaves, short inter-nodes. Excellent frost VPE-4870 Ancho, Poblano – 90 days. Hotness: 2 A sweet/ tolerance—vigorous and adaptable. Holds when cut. European spicy cooking pepper that is the basis for many Mexican award winner. 140 seeds. Area 15. GB $1.75 dishes: stuffed for chiles rellenos, roasted or fried while green, or allowed to ripen to a deep brick-red for enchilada sauce, mole, and decorative pepper strings (ristras). 30 seeds. Area Peas 20. C $2.25 C/Matures 8-11/Harvest 12/Yield 25-106(shelled)/Spacing Bush 3”, Pole 4” VPE-4875 Anaheim – 75-90 days. Hotness: 1 Long, mild chile with a breath of heat usually used green for stuffing, salsa, Plant in spring as soon as ground can be worked—seedlings omelettes, pickling and canning. 30 will take frost—and again 2 months before fall frosts. Two or seeds. Area 20. C $2.25 three sowings at 10-day intervals insure against weather, rot, or wildlife losses. (Chicken wire or row covers will shield seeds and sprouts from birds.) Provide good drainage (especially  VPE-4880 Cayenne Long Slim in cold spring soils), plenty of lime, phosphorus and potash, (Shown left)– 70-75 days. Hotness: adequate water, and innoculant in soils that have not grown 4. Fiery hot even when small. 24” garden legumes recently. All peas are vines: “bush” peas are plant bears 4”-6” thin, curvy pods. short vines and will still benefit from some support. Climbing Waxy dark-green ripening to varieties will need brushwood, stakes, or a trellis to climb. crimson. Dries beautifully. Medicinal: circulation, antiseptic 30 seeds. Area Shelling 20. O $2.25 VPE-4885 Habanero – 90-100 VPE-4790 Alderman Pole – 70-78 days. English heirloom, days. Hotness: 5 Famous extra-hot and we think the finest tall variety under cultivation. Famous pepper from the Yucatan. Bushy 36” for flavor and crops very well. Robust 5’ vines bear pointed, plants loaded with peppers. Lantern- easy-shelling pods. 160 seeds. Area 12. C $2.50 shaped fruit ripens to a lovely VPE-4800 Laxton’s Progress #9 Bush – 60 days. Vigorous golden-orange and has a unique vines 14 to 16 inches tall produce broad curved pods with 7-9 smoky, fruity flavor like no other peas per pod. Wilt resistant and productive, a classic heirloom pepper. Slow to germinate, and must variety. 160 seeds. Area 6. C $2.25 be grown in warm moist conditions. A Caribbean favorite used in sauces. Snap Reportedly 1,000 times hotter than Sweetest, highest yielding type of pea Juicy, crisp sweet pods Jalapeno. 30 seeds. Area 20. C $2.50 are eaten along with the peas inside. Good lightly cooked, but  VPE-4900 Jalapeno, Early – 60-68 days. Hotness: 3 most popular raw. Freezes well but too delicate for canning. Hot cone-shaped fruits with distinctive meaty flavor for salsa, pickling, cooking, seasoning. Smoked, they become chipotles. Used green or red. 24” plants will produce in cooler conditions VPE-4825 Cascadia –New! 62-75 days. First dwarf snap pea than most. 30 seeds. Area 20. O $1.75 with Sugar Snap quality, and then some. Extra-plump, very crisp, very sweet and flavorful pods. Resistant to PM and the first pea with resistance to PEMV. Heat-resistant—went to the MHO-6350 Hot Pepper Mix – A broad variety of hot peppers. end of June for us.250 seeds. Area 10. C $2.75 These will ripen at different times; all can be used green, and VPE-4830 Sugar Snap – 62-70 days. Exceptionally sweet and are red when completely ripe. 30 seeds. $2.25 crunchy - not many make it out of our garden! Fat 3” pods over a long period, even in heat. Frost-resistant. Easy to pick,4’-7’ vines. 250 seeds. Area 18. C $2.95 22  VRA-5090 French Breakfast – 25 days. (1885) Red- Sweet rose on top and white on bottom. Flesh crisp, tender & mildly VPE-4940 Corno di Toro Red – pungent. Succession-sow. 750 seeds. Area 10. O $1.75 (Shown left) 75-90 days. Hotness: 0 VRA-5100 Watermelon – 50-60 days. This 3” round Chinese Huge heirloom Italian sweet pepper, radish (known as “beauty heart) is red on the inside and with long, curved fruits that do look green/white on the outside, with a unique juicy sweet taste. like a bull’s horn. May be the longest For summer to fall sowing only—bolts if sown in spring. Salad, stuffing pepper at 10” long and up to veggie platters, pickling. 400 seeds. Area 10. C $2.25 2” diameter. Red when ripe. Excellent MRA-6420 Radish Mix – A mix of colors and sizes. 750 seeds. flavor. Prized for salads, grilling or Area 10. $2.25 sautéing. Higher-yielding than bell types, up to 20 fruits per plant. 30 Podding seeds. Area 20. C $2.25  VPE-4950 Yolo Wonder Bell– 70- VRA-5060 Madras – 58 days. (1885) Munchen Bier. A 80 days. Heirloom bell pepper with unique variety that produces masses of tender juicy 2-3” seed rich flavor and sturdy, easy plants. pods along a 2-5 foot stem. Very mild flavor, like a sugar snap Large, thick-walled fruits are mild pea with mild radish overtone. A hit on veggie platters with dip. and juicy green, ripening to red. Sow in spring. 30 seeds. Area 10. N $2.50 Foliage protects from sun-scald. 30 seeds. Area 20. C $1.75 VRA-5070 Rat’s Tail – 58 days. VPE-4945 Jimmy Nardello’s Sweet Italian Frying Pepper Mongri, Snake Radish. (1860) 65-75 days. Hotness: 0 Legendary sweet pepper, selected for From Java in Southeast Asia. the Slow Food Ark of Taste. Easy to grow, with big yields. ( I had This radish was in vogue in the 41 peppers on one plant!) Tapered, 8” long fruits ripen quickly U.S. around the Civil War, but to bright red, covering the 24” plants. Thin walls have a perfect has been virtually unobtainable combination of sweetness and crunch, with smoky, delicate, since. While Madras Radish complex flavors. Arguably the finest frying pepper—becomes pods have a mild radish taste, perfectly creamy and soft when fried. Roasted, it caramelizes: this variety is for radish lovers, sweet with lots of flavor. Freezes and dries well. Italian heirloom with a pungent taste like most from the Nardello family. 30 seeds. Area 20. N $2.00 root radishes. This variety loves heat and will bear all summer – Its fun to grow a palette of MSW-6440 Sweet Bell Mix long. Again, no edible root – peppers: yellow, orange, red, purple, chocolate, and white grown solely for its huge yield fruits. We are excited to offer this as open-pollinated seed. of 8-10”, slender, dark-purple Pretty in salads 30 seeds. Area 20. $2.25 seed pods. It really seems like the whole plant turns into pods. Pumpkins Eat raw, cooked, or pickled. 60 H/Matures 14-16/Harvest 0-4/Yield 48-191/Spacing 30” seeds. Area 20. C $2.50 Pumpkins are winter squash and need heat to mature properly. Plant seeds in warm (70°) well-drained soil or start indoors one Daikon month before last frost. The soil should be well composted and VRA-5050 All Seasons (Tokinashi) - 65 days. White, mildly mulched to hold moisture. Give lots of room—18” spacing for pungent roots up to 18 inches long. Juicy, crunchy for raw lots of small, early fruits; 30” for later, fewer, larger fruits. eating, or cooking, also traditional for pickles. Daikon is a fall crop. (Can be grown in spring below 40 degrees latitude.) VPU-5000 Jarrahdale – 95-100 days. A superb blue-gray cold-hardy and very easy to grow if you plant in August or later. eating pumpkin from Australia. Superior to Sweet Meat in Excellent for opening up a heavy soil—unfazed by clay. Can adaptability vigor, and flavor. Hard skin, orange sweet dry share a bed with garlic or leeks. 750 seeds. Area 10. O $1.50 stringless flesh, excellent for eating, or pies. 15 seeds. Area 100. C $2.25 Rhubarb VPU-5010 Rouge Vif D’Etampes – 100-115 days. “Cinderella C/Matures 3 yrs/Harvest 4-8/Yield 70-280/Spacing 24” pumpkin.” Grown for centuries in the heart of France. Beautiful, oblate, deeply ribbed fruits are neon orange to flame red. Fruits VRH-5140 Victoria NEW! – 120 days. A low reach 30 lbs., with a thick, rich custard-like flesh that is sweet maintenance perennial with delicious tart stalks and moist. Excellent for eating, pies, soups, etc. Prolific yielder. for pies and jams. (Try rhubarb-ginger jam, an Freezes well. 15 seeds. Area 100. C $2.25 old English combination.) Start in pots or flats VPU-50005 Howden – 100-110 days. The classic carving then into a deep permanent bed. Get an early pumpkin, with strong “handles,” flat sides and classic orange start and keep it growing with moisture and color. Fine for eating, too. 15 seeds. Area 100. C $2.25 rich, well-drained soil. Deep-rooted, heavy feeder. Relatively low-acid. Caution: poisonous leaves—use leaf stems only. 35 seeds. Area Radishes 100. C $1.95 ALL/Matures 3-9/Harvest 0-2/Yield 100-540/Spacing 2” or broadcast A hardy, quick crop that can be ready in 3 weeks. Sow in Rutabaga succession from early spring on. For best quality, keep evenly CW/Matures 13/Harvest 2-8/Yield 200-800/Spacing 6” moist, and pick young. VRU-5210 Brora – 95 days. High yields of good quality roots. Attractive reddish-purple shiny skin and cream base. Specially bred to have a delicious very sweet taste. Outstanding winter Regular hardiness and mildew resistance. Very good keeper. Great for  VRA-5080 Cherry Belle – 28 days. AAS. Quick growing, raw munching, mashed, in soups, or grated into slaw or salad. probably the best of the earliest. Round, bright cherry-red roots 70 seeds. Area 10. C $1.95 with a crisp, firm white flesh. Can force under glass, or plant all summer. 750 seeds. Area 10. O $1.75

23 VSP-5325 Monstrueux de Viroflay (Monster of Viroflay) Scorzonera – 40-50 days. French Heirloom from the 19th century. Plants C,W/Matures 17/Harvest 4-6/Yield 100-400/Spacing 3” up to 2 feet in diameter. One of the largest, most vigorous varieties, and early. Huge dark-green crisp savoyed leaves. VSC-5220 Scorzonera – “Mock Oyster.” Similar to salsify. Long, black-skinned roots with rich flavor and smooth firm Extraordinary flavor—sweet, complex, without the biting acid texture. Eaten boiled, steamed, fried, baked, or in soups. quality that spinach can often have . Flavorful, tender and Young leaves and flowers eaten in salads. Grown like carrots succulent even when large. Savoyed leaves very col-hardy for or parsnips. 50 seeds. Area 2. C $1.95 winter. 100 seeds. Area 20. C $2.00 Squash Seakale H/Matures 7-10/Harvest 17+/Yield 35-475/Spacing 15-18” Crambe maritima W/Matures 2 years/Harvest 6/Yield 80-150/ These summer squashes are bush types. Plant in warm soil, 70 Spacing 30” degrees or more, or start indoors 1 month before last frost and plant out once weather has warmed. Likes well-composted soil  VSE-5260 Lily White – A and reliable water. Pick fruits small and often. Blossoms are perennial and very ornamental, with good fried, added to soup, stuffed. sculptural blue-green leaves and flowers that draw beneficial insects with a scent of honey. It likes good, rich, deep soil and a sunny position with plenty of compost, lime and manure. Colder than zone 6, it needs winter protection. (Can be dug and stored in damp sand indoors.) In very early spring, the young shoots are blanched under a box for first- early vegetables. Hard-to-find seed. 10 seeds. Area 65. N $2.25

Seeds for Kids (of all ages!) Summer, Bush MSE-6430 Seeds for Kids (of all ages!) – A happy jumble  VSQ-5370 Crookneck, Early Summer Yellow – 42- of everything left over from the year before. (Many of which 50 days. Fruits in profusion, with sweet buttery mild flavor. do not pass their germination tests but which are productive Harvest when fruits are 4”-6”. 25 seeds. Area 25. O $1.50 nonetheless.) Grow a surprise garden ...it’s different every VSQ-5380 Lebanese Light Green – 40-50+ days. Sweet, time! Wonderful just to look at and share the amazing variety flavor—delicious raw! We just heard from a customer who says of sizes, shapes, and colors — we make sure there is a wide ”They got off to a slow start with the cool evenings, but they variety, from huge to tiny, many with strange shapes and produced the best tasting summer squash I’ve ever eaten. patterns. No medicinal herbs or poisonous plants. One packet, Bravo!” Varied shapes from long to round. Quick maturing. contents vary $0.50 Withstands tough climatic conditions. 25 seeds. Area 25. C $1.95 VSQ-5390 Patty Pan, Custard White – 54 days. A unique Spinach English variety that does well in cooler-summer climates. C,W/Matures 6-7/Harvest 4-/Yield 50-225/Spacing 6” The fruit is flat, with scalloped edges, high-yielding. The only A cool season crop rich in vitamins and minerals. Needs lime squash our teens would eat. 15 seeds. Area 15. C $2.75 (pH 6.5-7.5) and nitrogen—dig in compost or manure. Keep VSQ-5400 Zapallo del Tronco – BACK! 60 days. Huge well watered. Plant in spring as early as soil can be worked, bushy plants with large tropical-looking leaves, these are a Jul-Aug for fall, and late Aug-Sep for an excellent early spring different species than other summer squash (c. maxima). Keep crop (will survive hard freeze). Good winter vegetable under the glossy round green 2-4” fruits picked for bountiful supply reemay, cold frames, mulch, or greenhouse. Pick largest Much tastier than others when raw—almost like a cucumber. leaves often for more production. Bolting is caused by rising Cooked, they are meatier and richer-tasting, almost as if they temperature, longer days, or water or nutrient stress. had been buttered. Popular for farmers markets. Drought- tolerant and quick maturing. S. America. 10 seeds. Area 10. B $2.25 VSP-5300 Giant Winter – 70 days. We have found a re-  selected and improved strain of this classic winter spinach. VSQ-5410 Zucchini, Golden NEW! – 50 days. You A very cold-hardy variety with large pointed semi-savoyed can grow open-pollinated golden zucchini. We are happy to medium green leaves. Excellent for late fall, winter greenhouse, have found this in response to requests. 25 seeds. Area 50. O or over-wintering with mulch. Not for spring planting—it will $1.95 bolt. 100 seeds. Area 15. C $1.95  VSQ-5410 Zucchini, Black Beauty – 50 days. A  VSP-5310 Low Acid – 60 days. Monnopa. A round- favorite with home gardeners and market growers both. Pick leafed variety with very little oxalic acid and hence the when fruits are 6”-8” long. Tender, firm creamy-white flesh, rich sweetest of all spinach. Very high dark green skin. Excellent freezer. Very early, productive. 25 in vitamins A, C and E. Low acid seeds. Area 50. O $1.75 improves absorption of calcium VSQ-5415 Zucchini, Cocozelle – 45 days. Italian Heirloom and other minerals. 100 seeds. famous for sweet flavor. Small seed cavity, outstanding flavor Area 15. O $2.25 and texture. In our trials, it was the best tasting zucchini, besting VSP-5320 Medania – 60-70 even the much-vaunted costata. Beautiful striped green fruits days. (Round, Summer) Large slightly ribbed. Very heat and drought- resistant. Pick when round leaves are mild and sweet. 6-8” long. Takes longer to sprout than other zucchini—be Plant in succession throughout patient. Not as high-yielding as Black Beauty, but then, how the season. Should not be grown many bushels of zucchini can you use? Area 50. C $1.95 on light soils—must be kept moist. 100 seeds. Area 15. E $1.95

24 Strawberry fragaria alpina W/Matures 2 years, then annually/Harvest 8-12/ Yield 40-160/Spacing 12”

VST-5510 Alpine Strawberry – A European favorite. Perennial with no runners. Like a wild strawberry in size and intense, old-fashioned flavor. Popular for edging flower beds, in edible landscapes, window boxes. Bears the second spring from seed, and can crop all summer. Good in any well drained soil. 150 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95

Tree and shrub fruits, see page 40

Winter Swiss Chard VSQ-5455 Guatamalan Blue Banana NEW!—Cucurbita C,W/Matures 7-8/Harvest up to 44/Yield 200-810/Spacing 8” maxima 90-95 days. From the homeland of squash growing, in Easy to grow in most soils. Deep-rooted and drought-resistant— Central America, this squash has been grown for thousands of helps aerate the subsoil. Slow to bolt. Cutting encourages new years. Traditionally grown along with beans and corn, shading growth, and young leaves have mildest best flavor. Plant from the ground to hold moisture for the corn and gaining fertility spring on. Cold hardy once established. from the beans. Gorgeous slate-blue with lighter streaks,. Long shape can be sliced much more easily than large round VCH-3120 Erbette – 30-55 days. Heirloom from Italy makes a types—use a piece at a time and store the cut squash in the continuous harvest of tender young leaves for salads or cooking fridge. Great flavor for roasting, baking, boiling.35 seeds. Area that look and taste much like spinach. A “baby spinach” that re- 70. C $1.75 sprouts and takes heat. We heard from a market gardener that VSQ-5430 Acorn, Ebony Cucurbita pepo her customers love these baby leaves. 50 seeds. Area 15. C 80-100 days. (Improved Table Queen) Very early with 6-8’ $1.95 vines. Acorn-shaped, ribbed fruits of dark-green, 6” x 5” in and VCH-3135 Fordhook Giant – 55 days. Classic Swiss chard 1.5-2 pounds. Small seed cavity. Thick, deep-orange, fine- with huge dark green extra-glossy savoyed leaves and a broad textured flesh that is tender, sweet and dry. Longtime favorite silvery-white midrib which can be cooked separately. This one as an individual baker. Can withstand poor soil conditions. has proven most tolerant of drought and heat in our research Home or market. 35 seeds. Area 70. C $1.95 garden. 80 seeds. Area 25. C $1.50 VSQ-5435 Buttercup, Burgess Cucurbita maxima VCH-3140 Perpetual Spinach – 50-60 days. (1869) Rare, 85-110 days. A vining hard-shelled squash with a dark- fine old European strain of Swiss Chard. Smooth green leaves, green rind, very sweet fine quality medium-orange stringless small stems—can be hard to tell from true spinach in looks fiberless flesh, fine quality and a small seed cavity. Harvest or taste. Frost and bolt resistant, needs water in a dry spell. when the yellow spot touching the ground turns orange. A We saw whole fields of it in England. Perennial in zones 7 and medium keeper. Grows well in maritime areas, and is suitable above.80 seeds. Area 25. C $1.95 for growing with beans and corn in a Three Sisters garden.  MCH-6280 Chard, Rainbow Mix – varies days. Red, Flattened turban-shaped fruits 5-8 inches in diameter, weighing yellow, pink, purple, white; this is a mix of distinct varieties, 3-5 lbs. 25 seeds. 25 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 resulting in a grand show, with unexpected color combinations  VSQ-5440 Butternut, Waltham strain Cucurbita if seed is saved. Beautiful in planters and flower beds, nice cut moschata 83-115 days. AAS 1970. A vigorous vining type young for salads. 50 seeds. Area 15. O $2.75 with light-tan bottle shaped fruits up to 3-6 lbs. Light orange rich dry flesh with a delicious nutty flavor. A small seed cavity. One of the best keepers. In top 10 foods in vitamin A. Good on average soil. 25 seeds. Area 50. O $1.95  VSQ-5450 Delicata Cucurbita pepo 95 days. (1894) We have had many requests for this! Ivory- cream skin with dark-green stripes. Fruits 3 x 8”, have a rich, sweet potato-like flavor. Short prolific vines. 25 seeds. Area 50. O $1.95 VSQ-5460 Hubbard, Improved Green Cucurbita maxima 100 days. Exceptional winter keeper. Fruits 10-12 pounds. Thick, fine-grained, sweet dry orange-yellow flesh. 25 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 VSQ-5470 Vegetable Spaghetti Cucurbita pepo 70-115 days. Short white fruit. Baked, microwaved, or boiled Sunflower fruits divide into spaghetti-like strands with a fork. Easily grown W,H/Matures 12/Harvest 10-40/Yield 2.5-10 (shelled)/Spacing and easily cooked. 25 seeds. Area 50. C $2.00 24” (for compost 9”) VPU-4990 Japanese, Red Kuri – 90-95 days. Orange Hokkaido (Uchiki Kuri) Early heavy crop of tear-drop shaped VSU-5550 Mammoth – 120 days. Tall, single, large flowered fruit, with smooth orange-red rind & sweet, thick, yellow flesh. for early planting with giant heads full of large seeds. Very Great pies. Average 4-7 lbs. 15 seeds. Area 100. C $2.50 showy. Fairly heavy feeder-likes an alkaline soil. Plant in late spring. 52 seeds. Area 200. C $1.75 Ornamental Sunflower Mix - see page 48 25 VTO-5760 Big Rainbow – Late. Heirloom from the Southern Tomatoes Exposure Seed Exchange. Indeterminate 6’ plants. Huge H/Matures 8-13/Harvest 17+/Yield 100-418/Spacing Cherry rib-shouldered juicy golden fruits with streaks of red running 18”, determinate 21” Indeterminate - 24” through the flesh. Some weigh over 2 pounds. Very disease- Tomatoes are actually tropical perennials, and will keep resistant, mildew resistant, and bears til frost.. 25 seeds. Area growing as long as there’s heat. Start indoors 6 weeks before 100. C $1.95 last frost date and plant out into warm weather or give some VTO-5770 Black Krim – Mid Season. Luscious Russian protection. Tomatoes set more fruit if grown with flowers and heirloom, very juicy with thin skin and dark green-to-brown herbs to attract pollinators. Very greedy feeders—need lots of shoulders. Ripens well off the vine. Dark brown-red when ripe. phosphorus for good yields, plus calcium to prevent blossom Full flavored with a slight saltiness that enhances the taste. end rot. Too much nitrogen or water will result in soft, rot-prone Indeterminate, needs support. 30 seeds. Area 110. C $1.95 fruit. Try to keep soil evenly moist and no water on foliage. VTO-5780 Brandywine – Mid Season. Heirloom pink Amish Cool climate types set fruit in cooler weather or in fluctuating variety from 1885, sets the standard for tomato flavor. Rich, weather with cold nights. Cherry types are forgiving of tough perfectly balanced taste. Potato-leaved vines need heat, conditions, and do well in pots. The luscious heirlooms are consistent water and fairly long season. Large, smooth-fleshed often soft and prone to cracking but the flavor is worth it. Paste fruits often over 1 lb. Indeterminate. 30 seeds. Area 110. C tomatoes have less juice and are excellent for drying as well $1.95 as canning. VTO-5790 Caro Rich – Mid Season. Large, beefsteak-type DETERMINATE tomatoes grow to a fixed size and tend to 3-4” fruits. Deep, golden-orange color, sweet, low-acid flavor. ripen in a short period and then fade away. This works well High vitamin content, including 10 times the usual beta- for canning or sauce. Sometimes called bush tomatoes, you carotene (pro-vitamin A). High-yielding, takes difficult weather should not prune or remove suckers but staking or caging is still well. Determinate. 25 seeds. Area 70. C $1.75 a good idea to support and keep fruit off the ground. VTO-5800 Cherokee Purple – Mid Season Pre-1890 INDETERMINATE Vines that keep growing and producing Tennessee heirloom has delicious 8-12 oz., deep burgundy fruit until frost gets them. Pinch off suckers that develop in the fruits with a green shoulder and multicolored interior. On most crotch joint of two branches and stake or cage these varieties. “top ten” lists for flavor. Re liable in difficult conditions, especially Pinch off the tips of the main stems in early summer you will heat, humidity, drought. Recommended for the South. Vines have tomatoes sooner. They can also be grown as a hanging indeterminate but small. 30 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 vine. VTO-5805 Costoluto Genovese – Late This is the crazy THIS YEAR we are identifying the tomatoes as extra-early, looking Italian tomato with the flavor people describe as (less than 60 days), early, (55-68 days), mid-season(69-80 “genuine Italian” - “the most complex we’ve ever tasted” - days), or late (more than 80 days), so that you can compare “indescribably delicious”. Deeply lobed, beefsteak-type fruits them easily. Days are from transplant. make flower-shaped slices, very juicy. Use fresh, for juice, drying, or fresh pasta sauce. Likes a long, hot summer, but Cool Climate handles erratic weather well. Disease resistant. Indeterminate. 30 seeds. Area 100. C $1.75  VTO-5660 Ailsa Craig – Mid VTO-5807 –Delicious (Beefsteak Improved)—Mid Season. (left) Originated Season. Huge red tomatoes; the world’s record tomato is a in Scotland for short, cool Delicious. A further selection and refinement of Beefsteak. seasons and greenhouses. Relatively uniform and round for a huge tomato, with meaty Medium size, smooth red flavorful flesh and small seed cavities. Indeterminate.30 seeds. skin, good flavor. Very early. Area 110. GB $1.95 Indeterminate. 25 seeds. VTO-5825 –Italian Heirloom NEW!—Mid Season. Big round Area 100. C $3.25 slicing tomato with traditional big heirloom flavor and huge yields. Peels and slices easily, good for fresh eating or canning. Indeterminate.30 seeds. Area 110. C $1.95 VTO-5670 Harbinger – Early. (1901) Early, good cropper, VTO-5830 Marmande Super – Mid Season We think this medium size, thin red skin, European favorite is the best tomato of the ‘beefsteak’ type. fine flavor. English variety Large red irregularly-shaped fruit is very fleshy and full of does well in cooler areas or flavor. The plants are prolific and vigorous, with a bushy habit. with cool nights and bears Determinate. 30 seeds. Area 100. C $1.50 until frost. Indeterminate. VTO-5840 Moneymaker – Mid Season While this old English Short supply this year. 25 seeds. Area 100. C $3.50 greenhouse variety is adapted to high humidity, we have found it widely adaptable. Vigorous plants set freely in any weather. Smooth 4 oz. deep red globes. Heavy yields. Mid-season. – Extra Early Sent to the West by a VTO-5730 Stupice Vigorous indeterminate. 30 seeds. Area 110. C $1.95 Czech breeder who feared it would be lost in the upheavals surrounding the breakup of the Soviet block, this has become VTO-5842 Mortgage Lifter – Late Season. “Radiator Charlie” extremely popular due to its extra-earliness, dependability, Byles (He owned a repair business at the foot of a steep hill and good flavor. Good in cool or fluctuating weather, drought- where cars would overheat) bred this classic tomato in the resistant, starts bearing early and bears till frost. Very juicy 1930’s. Each spring, gardeners would drive up to 200 miles to 1 1/2” red fruits have outstanding flavor for a cool-weather type. buy seedlings, which he sold for $1. each in the 1940’s —big Amazing yields over a long season. Indeterminate potato leaf money then. It paid off his mortgage vines to 4’. Unusually adaptable. Pick when shoulders turn in 6 years. Pretty good for a self- yellow. 30 seeds. Area 110. C $1.75 taught plant breeder! Big, red, very flavorful and dependable, bears til Regular frost. Indeterminate. 30 seeds. Area 150. C $2.00 VTO-5750 Arkansas Traveler – Mid Season. A pink heirloom slicer with good durability and crack resistance. A favorite at Moore’s farm in Pennsylvania for its terrific taste, very rich and full, with creamy texture. Very adaptable to different climate conditions. Indeterminate. 25 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95

26  VTO-5700 Orange King – Extra Early. A large, early bright-orange slicer weighing up to ¾ pound. Main-crop variety for the north and short-season areas. Determinate plant sets well in high or low temperature conditions. The Golden Rule Garden grew this for us, and manager Ellen said ”This is the one orange tomato the community really liked and will grow again. VERY prolific.” 30 seeds. Area 85. GB $1.95 VTO-5860 Pearson – MId Season. (1910) An old-fashioned red tomato with robust flavor and large, dependable yields of large fruit. Tolerates semi-arid conditions well. We had unusually good yields from this one in our own home garden when other varieties did poorly. Determinate. 30 seeds. Area 85. C $1.50 VTO-5870 Principe Borghese –Mid Season. The classic red Italian heirloom tomato for drying, meaty and plum-shaped with few seeds. Determinate, but you need to support the branches, which will be heavily laden with small 1-2 oz. fruit. Also good for sauce. 30 seeds. Area 85. C $1.75  VTO-5865 Pineapple – Late Season. Huge meaty tomatoes popular on the West Coast for adaptability and sweet, mild, but complex flavor. Beautiful fruits are red yellow and orange swirled together like a sunset. Here in Willits, we can have weeks on end with temperatures in the 100’s and nighttime temps in the 50’s. Most tomatoes will not set fruit in those conditions, but Pineapple will. The most cold-hardy and drought-resistant large tomato we have seen, with fruits still ripening after a month of light frosts at night. Resistant to blossom-end rot as well. Pick when there is still a trace of green on the shoulders for best flavor.Indeterminate.30 seeds. Cherry Area 85. O $1.95  VTO-5590 Chocolate Cherry – Mid Season Small, oval VTO-5900 Rutgers – Mid Season. Wilt and rust resistant. fruits, with a beautiful deep burgundy color, and sweet, full, Large vigorous productive thick-stemmed determinate vines complex flavor. Color develops best in sun and heat Super with heavy foliage. Round 8oz, bright red fruits with thick walls productive, indeterminate plants produce trusses of 1 inch and small seed cells. Very firm fruit with low acidity. Widely fruit nonstop. Will ripen with full flavor if picked a bit early, too. adapted, does well under humid conditions. Free from cracks. Beautiful mixed with other cherry tomatoes for your own plate 30 seeds. Area 110. C $1.50 or in pints for sale. Indeterminate. 25 seeds. Area 45. GB MTO-6450 Tomato Mix – varies days. We have had requests $1.95 for this from folks with small gardens and have finally figured  VTO-5600 Chadwick’s Cherry – Late Season We think out a way to do it that makes sense. A mix of different large this is the best cherry tomato around. Bred by English garden tomato varieties, with the seed colored with food coloring so genius Alan Chadwick. Prolific producer of red fruits with a vine- that you know which is which and can plant only one of each ripened burst of mature, full-rounded sweetness you will never kind if you wish. A key to the varieties is included. 30 seeds. forget. Best when deep red-ripe. Amazing cold-hardiness at Area 100. C $2.75 the end of the season; I picked my last one on Thanksgiving. Indeterminate 5’ vines. Rare. 30 seeds. Area 100. GB $1.95 Paste and Drying VTO-5610 Gardener’s Delight, Sugar Lump – Mid Season VTO-5740 Amish Paste – Mid Season. Turn-of-the- German heirloom, with bright red cherry type fruit grows in big century Amish heirloom from clusters of 6-12. Vigorous indeterminate plants are exceptional Wisconsin. Meaty 8 oz. light croppers and bear until frost. Outstanding, very sweet flavor. red teardrop-shaped fruits Crack resistant. Can be frozen whole. Indeterminate, but small- on vigorous vines. The one vined. 30 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 at left climbed a plum tree! VTO-5633 Peacevine Cherry NEW! Early. Dependable, Given adequate moisture and delicious cherry tomato from breeder extraordinaire Alan fertility, (and warm nights) Kapular. Big trusses of sweet tomatoes like the “sweet 100” these achieve Brandywine- types, but open-pollinated. Contains compounds that are class flavor. Indeterminate. 30 known to be calming and stress-reducing, too. Indeterminate.30 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 seeds. Area 55. C $1.95 VTO-5745 Myona — Back! VTO-5635 Riesentraube – Mid Season. Name means “bunch We are glad to have these of grapes” for the huge clusters of 20 to 40 cherry tomatoes again, grown for us by Golden with “beefsteak” tomato flavor. Heirloom from 1856 is incredibly Rule Garden. Size and shape productive of grape-to-cherry shaped fruit with a small point on of Roma, but deeper delicious the end. Indeterminate. 30 seeds. 30 seeds. Area 55. C $2.00 heirloom tomato flavor. Said  VTO-5640 Sweet Orange II – Mid Season. Sweet, mild to have been from an Italian fruity flavor., in an oblong, grape tomato. Trusses of golden immigrant market gardener tomatoes on vigorous indeterminate vines. Very meaty— who, when asked the variety, said “Its my-own-a”. Large excellent choice for drying. Good crack resistance. Another vines full of 3-4” oblong fruits. Handle tough conditions, too. great variety from Tim Peters. 30 seeds. Area 55. N $1.95 Indeterminate. 30 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95  VTO-5650 Yellow Pear – Mid Season Bright lemon- VTO-5880 Roma VFN – Mid Season Grown primarily for yellow pear shaped fruit about 11/2 inches long, a very classy sauce. Ample vine foliage protects huge crops of bright red, addition to any meal, with a great mild sub-acid taste. Very plum-shaped 3” fruits in large clusters. The flesh is meaty, prolific. Indeterminate. drought-resistant.30 seeds. Area 55. solid, with few seeds and easy-to-peel skin. Disease resistant, GB $1.95 standby. Determinate. 30 seeds. Area 185.C $1.50 MCH-6290 Cherry Tomato Mix – varies days. Several of our varieties, each dyed a different color (with food coloring) so you can know what you are planting. 30 seeds. Area 55. C $2.75 27 Tomatillo (Husk Tomato) Watermelons H/Matures 8-13/Harvest 17+/Spacing 18" Citrullus lanatus H/Matures 10-13/Harvest 13/Yield 50-320/Spacing Baby 15 70-90 days. Larger green variety VTO-5911 Verde NEW! – A truly ancient food that has been cultivated for over 4,000 most often used for salsa Also good addition to tomato sauces, years. Plant seeds in warm (70 degree) soil, or start indoors 1 and barbecue sauce. Very productive of mild, green fruits month before last frost and plant out in warm weather. Needs enclosed in papery husks. Tomatillos are grown like tomatoes, full sun, and moist soil until fruit sets, then water only enough to but tend to be easier and have fewer problems with moisture keep from wilting. Prefers light soil, but ours work well in most levels, diseases, pests, etc. Good hot-weather crop for odd areas. Pick when tendril nearest fruit dies or spot where fruit spots, as it needs little attention. Unusual, handsome plants rests on ground is yellow. are fun in pots.. 30 seeds. Area 55. O $1.95. VWA-6000 Crimson Sweet – 85 days. Vigorous vines Ground Cherry, Husk Cherry produce fruits up to 25 pounds. Beautiful deep red, firm flesh H/Matures 8-13/Harvest 17+/Spacing 18” with a high sugar content. Keeps well. Resistant to anthracnose & fusarium wilt. 35 seeds. Area 140. C $1.75 VTO-5913 Aunt Molly’s NEW!  VWA-6010 Moon & Stars, Red Flesh – 100 days. A – 70-90 days. Heirloom variety legendary variety rediscovered by Kent Whealy of the Seed of a Pennsylvania Dutch favorite. Savers Exchange. Large oval fruits (20-40 lbs.) have thin, Trouble-free plant is related to brittle skins splashed with irregular, bright yellow shapes, tomatillo, and the fruits are also reminiscent of moon and stars. Bright red flesh, very sweet enclosed in little paper “lanterns”. and rich. Leaves are also splashed with yellow. 20 seeds. Area Ground cherries are used like 80. O $2.25 berries for desserts, pies and VWA-6020 Sugar Baby – 80 days. Extremely sweet. preserves. Not as big and sweet Vigorous vines produce round fruits 8-12 lbs. Flesh is medium as some tree fruits, but the only red, crisp, firm and solid with few, small brown seeds. Very fruit you can grow from seed in productive, resistant to cracking, it will ripen in marginal areas. your vegetable garden and have Spacing 15” 35 seeds. Area 140. O $1.75 fruits the same year you plant. These are golden and about VWA-6005 Blacktail Mountain – 70 days. We still want 3/4” in size. Fruit will store 3-4 weeks in the husk. 30 seeds. to carry this wonderful variety, but have been unable to get a Area 55. O $1.75 supply of seed this year. Please check our web-site to see if we can get some later on in the year. Turnips C/Matures 5-10/Harvest 2-6/Yield 100-360, roots or tops/ Spacing 4”Turnips are very hardy and can be planted early in spring or late in summer. Best flavor when they grow fast, so provide adequate water. Forgiving of poor soil. They don’t stand well in the ground, so pull for storage. Tasty roots and greens.

VTU-5953 Tokyo Market NEW!– 50 days. As fast and easy as a radish, with very mild sweet flavor and juicy crunch. Greens are smooth and non-hairy—great for cooking—making this a rewarding quick dual-purpose crop.160 seeds. Area 10. E $1.75  VTU-5955 Scarlet Ohno – 50 days. Easy to grow. Beautiful, bright red-skinned roots with refined flattened shape and mild salad flavor. The bonus is that unlike most turnip greens, these are not at all hairy or fuzzy. Smooth, tasty leaves often have red-to-puple coloration as well.100 seeds. Area 8. O $1.95 VTU-5940 Orange Jelly – 60 days. (Golden Ball) A hardy main-crop and good to store for winter use. Dependable and forgiving of poor conditions. Can be sown late in the season (August) and left in the ground to produce “Winter Greens”. The 3-4” roots are deep golden yellow, with a fine flavor, good mashed or creamed. If you think you don’t like turnips, try these. 160 seeds. Area 10. E $195 VTU-5960 Snowball – 50 days. Popular white turnip. Quick growing. Best eaten when very young, 2”-3” diameter. 160 seeds. Area 10. E $1.95 MTU-645S Turnip Mix – White, orange, red, purple ...good for greens as well as roots, for fresh eating, and cooking. 150 seeds. Area 10. $

28 MMU-6390 Mild Kingdom Mustard Greens Mix – A tremendous range of mild mustards from Peters Seed and Seed Mixes Research. Greens of every shade, about 30 % purples, and a wide range of leaf shapes. Many were selected for winter Mixes may vary, depending on what’s available. hardiness and disease resistance. This is the last season we can carry this selection, as the grower is has retired.100 seeds. Remember that these are single packets containing $3.25 a mixture of varieties. They may or may not be the MNO-6400 Salad Mix, Mesclun – A mix of lettuces and other varieties listed separately in the catalog. salad greens with various colors and shapes. Often planted very densely and cut down all at once for baby greens. Or MAM-6200 Amaranth Mix – The seeds will cross, but produce plant at wider spacing for mature plants. Most will regrow after a variety of greens and seed types. A lovely display, and a cutting. 400 seeds. Area 120. $2.25 sampler of our types. 300 seeds. Area 100. $2.25 MPO-6470 Poppy Mix MAS-6210 Asian Greens Mix – Our Asian Greens, plus All colors of poppies, for a meadow of bright color in late spring. Cilantro and Shungiku from our Herb section. 80 seeds. $2.25 300 seeds. Area 100. $2.00 MBA-6220 Basil Mix – Sweet Basil, Genovese Basil, Cinnamon MRA-6420 Radish Mix – A mix of colors and sizes. 750 seeds. Basil and Thai Basil. 400 seeds. $2.25 Area 10. $2.25 MBE-6230 Beet Mix – A mixture of varieties and colors, MSE-6430 Seeds for Kids (of all ages) – A happy jumble of including some not in the catalog. 160 seeds. Area 10. $2.50 everything left over from the year before. (Many didn’t pass MBO-6240 Bolt-resistant Lettuce Mix – A mix of heading their germination tests but will still produce some plants.) Grow and leaf types that show tolerance to heat and are least likely a surprise garden ...it’s different every time! No medicinal herbs to bolt when the days get long and hot. 300 seeds. $2.25 or poisonous plants. One very full packet, contents vary $0.50 MBU-6250 Bush Bean Mix – A mixture of interesting and MSW-6440 Sweet Bell Pepper Mix – Its fun to grow a palette beautiful varieties, all with great eating quality. 85 seeds. Area of peppers: yellow, orange, red, purple, chocolate, and white 13. $2.75 fruits. We are excited to offer this as open-pollinated seed. MCA-6260 Cabbage Mix – Several different types. Their Pretty in salads 30 seeds. Area 20. C $2.25 varying maturity dates will ensure a long harvest, which is best MTO-6450 Tomato Mix – We have had requests for this from for home gardeners. 85 seeds. Area 100. $1.95 folks with small gardens and have finally figured out a way to do MCA-6270 Carrot Mix – Carrots of many sizes and colors it that makes sense. A mix of different large tomato varieties, for your entertainment and delectation. 800 seeds. Area 30. with the seed colored with food coloring so that you know which $2.50 is which and can plant only one of each kind if you wish. A key to the varieties is included. 30 seeds. Area 100. C $2.75  MCH-6280 Chard, Rainbow Mix – Red, yellow, pink, purple, white; this is a mix of distinct varieties, resulting in a MCH-6290 Cherry Tomato Mix – Several of our varieties, grand show, with unexpected color combinations if seed is each dyed a different color (with food coloring) so you can saved. 50 seeds. Area 15. O $2.75 know what you are planting. 30 seeds. Area 55. $2.75 MCU-6310 Cucumber Mix – Lemon, Beit Alpha, Armenian MTU-6458 Turnip Mix – White, orange, red, purple ...good for and Straight 8 Cucumbers. 40 seeds. $2.25 greens as well as roots, for fresh eating, cooking, and storage. 150 seeds. Area 10. $2.25 MCU-6320 Cut Flowers Mix – A fine well-balanced assortment of easy-to-grow taller kinds of flowers to be grown for cutting. Large packet. 500 seeds. Area 100+. $1.75 MEG-6330 Eggplant Mix – A mixture of different shapes and colors: purple, white, green, pink, with both long and round types. 40 seeds. $2.25  MWE-6460 Wild Garden Kale Mix – 50-60 days. This is a varied, tasty, and beautiful gene pool of Russian/Siberian type kales. Colors from green through purple, and leaf edges from single to triple cut and curl. Intended for mid-July-Aug sowing, fall cropping and successful overwintering in milder climates to produce copious leaves and flowering stalks in early spring. A genetic gold mine for farmers who wish to select strains adaptable to their own environment. Bred by Frank Morton. 50 seeds. Area 60. O $1.95 MHE-6340 Heirloom Lettuce Mix – A combination of as many of our varieties as possible. 300 seeds. Area 100. $2.25 MHO-6350 Hot Pepper Mix – A mixture of our hot peppers. These will ripen at different times; all can be used green, and are red when completely ripe. 30 seeds. $2.25 MLA-6360 Large Gourd Mix – Includes Calabash, Dipper, Sugar Trough, and others. 15 seeds. Area 30. $2.25 LMX-6725 Spice of Life Collection-NEW!- We’ve noticed MME-6380 Melon Mix – All short-season melons. Heirloom that some variety-loving souls order all mixes ...so we’ve put quality, great flavor. 30 seeds. Area 35. $2.50 together a whole garden of them. 10 packets of seed, each one a mix: carrots, beets, chard, radishes, cabbage, green beans, lettuce, melons, sweet bell peppers and tomatoes. $24.45

29 Seed Collections

Several seed packets inside a big decorative envelope. LFM-6703 Summer Flower Garden—NEW!—When you Each collection is a theme garden in itself. Collections plant your corn and beans, tuck in some of these too. Easy or book-and-seed sets make an ideal introduction to to plant; you can sow direct in the garden, and they love heat. new kinds of gardening, homeschool project, or gift. Sunflowers, Cleome, Tithonia (Mexican Sunflower), Cosmos, Occasionally, we need to substitute for a seed that’s Marigold, Zinnia. 6 pkts $10.00 become unavailable, but we will choose another that is LME-6725 Medicinal Herbs Collection—People love of equal value, usefulness, and interest. our culinary herb collection, so we’ve added a collection of medicinal herbs. An assortment of basic herbs for wellness New This Year and first aid. Easy to grow, no fancy propagation required. Contains Ashwaganda, Chamomile, Calendula, Echinacea, Burdock, Mullein, Tulsi, Valerian, Yarrow. 9 pkts.$16.80 LGR-6713 Growing 100 Herbs that Heal Book and Medicinal Herb Seed Collection $41.75 LPE-6732 Permaculture Collection—-Edible landscaping that is permanent and self-sustaining is called permaculture. It makes the garden easy to care for by designing like nature— with a mix of trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, and annuals that create good growing conditions for each other. They also create habitat for wildlife. This collection is for those who think long-term; it contains seed for trees, bushes, perennials, and annuals that are easy to grow with minimal care once established. (Germination and seedling growth will be slow at first, and trees and shrubs may need stratification; instructions included.).) Contains asparagus, elderberry, currant, raspberry, wild grape, self-heal, winter savory, rhubarb. 8pkts $15.75 LPE-Permaculture Set — Gaia’s Garden Book with LGC-6712-Good Companions Collection-NEW!- permaculture seed collection. $55.70 Companion planting works for many reasons. Attracting LSF-6753 Stir-Fry Collection—NEW!—The best of the pollinators for better fruit set is important, (especially with garden for quick cooking and Asian dishes. Yum. Contains squashes and some tomatoes.) Attracting insects that eat the Kuroda Carrot, Chinese Cabbage, Pac Choi, Broccoli, Tatsoi, insects we don’t want is another very important benefit. Most Eggplant, Green Onions, Bell Peppers. 8 pkts. $15.00 predator insects need nectar and pollen to complete their life cycle. Some plants have smell or tastes that repel pests, and Herb Collections some secrete chemicals from their roots to repel pests. This collection gives your garden all 4 of those defenses, so that LAY-6615 Ayurvedic Collection – These are herbs that have when aphids and other pests arrive, the right predators and been used for centuries in India for healing and maintaining conditions will be there to control them, and the pollinators will well-being. One pkt each of Eclipta, Ashwagandha, Purslane, make sure your harvest is abundant. 8 pkts.$14.35 Holy Basil, Black Cumin, Visnaga and Andrographis. 7 pkts. $13.75 LGO-6713-Good Bug, Bad Bug Book and Good Companions Seed Collection $31.30 LFI-6690 Culinary Herbs Collection – The culinary basics: Thyme, Sage, Flat Parsley, Savory, Chervil, Basil, Chives. 7 LST-6778 Storage Vegetable Collection-NEW!- More and more people want to grow vegetables they can depend on pkts. $11.75 for winter use. One way to store those garden riches—that LHE-6715 Herbs for Kids Collection – Many people have doesn’t depend on electricity—is by root cellaring. We have enjoyed A Kid’s Herb Book (for Children of All Ages) and gathered heirloom varieties for long-term storage. Contains wanted to grow the herbs, so we have created this collection. one pkt each of: beet, carrot, cabbage, celery, endive, parsnip, It contains seeds for many of the main herbs in the book. rutabaga, and squash. 8 pkts. $15.80 Contains Chamomile, Calendula, Lemon Balm, Sunflower, Dandelion, Fennel and Yarrow, 7 pkts.,$12.00 LRO-6745Root Cellaring Book with Storage Collection $30.75 LKI-6718– A Kid’s Herb Book with the Herbs for Kids Collection. A perfect gift for a child to give a favorite adult, or LED-6677 Edible Landscaping Collection—NEW!— You can grow food without sacrificing beauty and interest. We’ve vice-versa. Book & 7 pkts. $ 31.00 gathered an assortment of striking vegetables for you to design LTA-6760 Tasty Tea Collection – A selection of the tastiest with. (Most of the herbs are wonderful landscape plants—this and easiest herbal beverages, good alone or in blends. set concentrates on vegetables.) Contains artichoke, rainbow Information sheet included. One pkt each of : Peppermint, chard, lemon marigold, runner beans, 2 lettuces, kale, parsley, Spearmint, Licorice Mint, Cinnamon Basil, Lemon Balm, White sunflower, and strawberry. 10 pkts $21.85 Clover, Chamomile. 7 pkts. $12.75 LFS-6701 Spring Flower Garden-NEW!- Easy-to-grow LWO-6810 Women’s Herb Collection – A variety of herbs flowers to plant at the same time as early spring vegetables. used by women through the ages to maintain well-being and Increases diversity, and makes you smile. A whole flower health. Contains one pkt each of: Motherwort, Red Clover, garden in itself, or perfect for tucking in among vegetables. Black Cohosh, Sage, Evening Primrose, Licorice, Vervain. 7 Contains bachelor’s buttons, alyssum, johnny-jump-up, baby pkts. $14.00 blue eyes, nasturtium, sweet pea. 6 pkts

30 Vegetable Collections LAY-6610 Perennial Vegetables Collection – These heirloom crops are gaining attention once again among those interested in local self-sufficiency, folks who haven’t the time or strength for annual crops, and curious gardeners looking for something new. Perennials do take longer to germinate and need good care in the seedling stages: starting them in pots is ideal, and doesn’t take much space. This collection includes an information sheet, and one packet each of the following: Asparagus, Perpetual Spinach, Seakale, Good King Henry, Rhubarb, Artichoke, Welsh Onion, Sorrel. Best for gardeners LSA-6750 Salsa collection- NEW!- We’ve added a sheet of in zones 6 and above, or with winter protection in colder areas. recipes and tomatillo seeds to the salsa collection. As ever, 8 pkts. $15.75 it is a great way to grow sprightly salsas for fresh summer LPE-6734 Perennial Vegetables Book and Perennial eating, preserving, and summer potlucks. Contains two sorts Vegetable Collection $50.75 of tomatoes, a hot pepper, a mild pepper, tomatillo and cilantro. 6 pkts. LTH-6790 Three Sisters Seed Collection – Many Native American gardeners planted corn, beans, and squash together LSR-6775 A Survival Garden – Many people have asked us so that the plants made a little ecosystem, supporting one about what plants to grow to meet their families’ food needs in another and creating the proper conditions for one another’s hard times. This collection contains food crops that give lots growth. Our collection contains one packet each of a native- of food value in a small space and are easily grown and used type dry corn, a climbing dry bean, and a vining winter squash. by home gardeners. Note this is not a “time capsule” storage 3 pkts. $7.75 kit, but a collection of seeds to grow, eat, and become familiar with, so that you will have a harvest of food this year, and, as Most vegetable crops LSH-6755 Shady Garden Collection – time goes on, you will know which ones work for you and will like sunshine, but we don’t all have perfect conditions to work be proficient in growing them. Contains oats, wheat, quinoa, with. We’ve gathered a selection of vegetables, plus one herb, beans, soup peas, rutabagas, parsnips, carrot, kale, lettuce, one edible flower, and one berry, that will survive some shade onions, squash. 12 pkts. $21.75 and still give a worthwhile result. Also useful for coastal and cool-climate gardeners. Info sheet included. Contains one LDR-6670 Water Saver Collection – Varieties chosen for packet each Asian greens, chard, runner beans, kale, spinach, tolerance to drought and heat; these will need water to get lettuce, chives, radish, sorrel, peas, nasturtiums, chervil and established. Includes Amaranth, Moth Bean, Garbanzo Bean, currant. 13 pkts. $23.50 Corn, Purslane, Mustard, New Zealand Spinach, Tomato, Chard, and Watermelon. 10 pkts. $19.50 LWI-6895 Winter Vegetable Collection – With some planning and the right varieties, gardeners can have fresh vegetables all winter, even in challenging climates like New England. Info sheet included. Contains one packet each of carrot, corn salad, kale, arugula, miner’s lettuce, minutina, spinach, mizuna, head lettuce and leaf lettuce. 10 pkts. $19.50 LFO-6695– Four Season Harvest book and Winter vegetable Collection $44.45 LME-6720 Medieval Garden Collection – Ancient varieties that can grow in your garden today and give you a glimpse of thepast and a taste of unusual vegetables and teas. Information sheet included. Has a higher proportion of perennials, and results will not be as fast as with annuals. One pkt. each of: Welsh Onion, Meadowsweet, Roman Chamomile, Good King Henry, Elecampane, Lovage, Heartsease, Sweet Rocket, Marshmallow, Field Peas, Flanders Poppy, Alpine Strawberry, LCO-6640 Container Garden Collection – Plants that are Hyssop, Flax, Mangel. 15 pkts. $26.75 smaller or can be cut again and again for growing in tubs or pots …an inspirational gift for a non-gardening friend! Includes Basic Beginning Collections lettuce, carrots, parsley, cherry tomato, green beans, peas, chard, orach, nasturtiums, and marigolds. 10 pkts. $21.50 MCO-6300 Compost Crop Mix – Ecology Action Special Mix – For years we have been recommending fava, vetch, wheat LBO-6620 Bountiful Container book & Container Garden and rye as a particularly beneficial compost crops for your Collection – The Bountiful Container book with Container garden. We are now offering this as a pre-mixed packet of Garden Collection. Book & 10 pkts. $37.95 wheat, vetch, and rye, along with a separate packet of favas, LEN-6680 Edible Flower Collection – A rainbow of safe which are planted separately. 1500 seeds - 2 packets. C $2.75 and tasty flowers for salad, veggie platters, cakes, drinks and garnish. A variety of seasons and bloom times. Perfect addition LCA-6630 Calorie Crops Collection – One packet each of to vegetable beds. containers, children’s gardens. Contains the following: Hard Red Spring Wheat, Taylor’s Dwarf Bean, eight edible and decorative flowers and an info sheet. $15.50 Hulless Oats. 3 pkts. $4.50 LFR-6700 French Kitchen garden- French gardens include LVE-6800 Vegetable Seed Collection – One packet each of vegetables, flowers, herbs, and fruit grown for both food and Beans, Corn, Lettuce, Tomato, Watermelon, Carrot, Cucumber, beauty. That diversity makes them pest-resistant, abundant, Melon, Onion, Green Onion. 10 pkts. $19.50 and delightful. This collection of French heirlooms comes from LSU-6770 Sustainable Garden Starter Kit – The Sustainable that tradition. Information sheet has recipes on one side, and Vegetable Garden book with all three Basic Beginning Seed garden plans/ information on the other. Contains 1 pkt each of Collections above - 15 seed packets. $38.75 green bean, broad bean, carrot, mache, leek, lettuce, melon, LHO-6717 How To Grow More Vegetables Book and the tomato, an herb, a berry and a flower. 11 pkts $20.50 above 3 basic seed collections-15 seed packets.$45.75

31 Compost Crops

Compost crops are easy to grow, protect the soil from the weather over the winter, and feed your soil when you aren’t using your garden. Cut and composted, they also help hold and return to the soil through compost nutrients that would otherwise be leached out from the soil during winter rains. Traditional and organic farmers have been successfully using compost crops for centuries, and they are an essential part of crop rotation. A cover crop is a plant Alfalfa (Lucerne) Medicago sativa which produces a major amount of biomass and a ALL/Matures 17+/Harvest 9+/Yield green 148-412, dry 44-123/ significant amount of calories primarily grown to protect Spacing 5” the soil during the rain and snow during winter and then This deep-rooted perennial is one of the most valuable of the is cut and optimally composted (or, much less optimally, compost crops and will restore impoverished soil. Can be cut turned under in place). The prime goal is to grow more several times and grow back. In many climates it can be sown soil, and to hold and protect the soil from erosion, wind, in late summer, to survive the winter for harvesting in Spring. or compaction. Some compost crops also fix nitrogen in It is good practice to mix the seed with other compost crop the soil and some produce a food crop at the same time. seeds. A fantastic Nitrogen fixer: .35-.57 lbs. of Nitrogen per You can produce a significant amount of organic matter 100 square feet per year. in six months and some organic matter an as little as six weeks, utilizing your garden beds when they would CAL-6901 Non-Dormant Alfalfa - Best grown as an annual or otherwise be empty! If you let the crop go to maturity, overwintered in zones 9-11. Grows quickly, can be cut several and it is a grain crop, you can also produce a significant times. This is the best variety for temporary plantings where amount of calories. the alfalfa will be cut, composted and the bed used for another By compost cropping you increase the quantity and crop the next season. 5,000 seeds. area 400 C $1.50 quality of all aspects of the soil’s ecology including: your CAL-6902 Ladak Dormant Alfalfa-Extremely winter hardy for soil’s microbial population, organic matter content, and those who want a perennial alfalfa in cold climates—hardy to soil fertility. By making compost from your crop you not zone 4+ Also provides quality hay, is non-spreading, and can only increase soil volume and quality, but feed earthworms be cut 2-4 times per year. Reputed to be best for breaking up and soil organisms, which in turn speed up the release of intractable caliche. 5,000 seeds. area 400 C $1.50 nutrients for the next crop. There are compost crops to suit all soil conditions and all times of the year. For advice about overwintering, planting times, and adaptation to conditions in your local area, you may want to consult Austrian Field Peas Pisum sativum your neighbors, your state university ag department, C,W/Matures 17/Harvest 8-12/Yield 10/Spacing 5” or your local university cooperative extension service (county agent). CAU-6920 Austrian Field Pea – Austrian Winter – Very good Building up fertility is a slow process, and takes for cover crops and green manure crops, building tilth and considerably more than one season. Somewhat faster adding organic matter and thus humus to the soil. Peas like well results can be achieved by following the Biointensive drained and fertile loam soils. Field peas are used as a winter method detailed in How to Grow More Vegetables... and annual in the South and as a spring annual in the North for soil our other books. Ecology Action has tested an extensive improvement and for forage. Does not tolerate high water table selection of compost crop seeds at their Research Center or any substantial flooding. Grows on poorer soil than clover for 25 years. Every gardener should try at least one—your but makes less nitrogen. Doesn’t compete well with abundant garden will thank you! winter weed growth. Peas for split pea soup or livestock feed. Breaks down fast into soil. 900 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 Amaranth – see page 9 and 36 – see page 14 Cardoon Fava Beans Vicia faba C,W/Matures 11-26/Harvest 8/Yield green biomass 90-360, Compost Crop Mix dry 18-72/Spacing 8” ALL/Matures 12-26/Harvest 0-4 grain, 4-8 compost crop Favas are a cool-season crop overwintering in zone 8. Their MCO-6300 Compost Crop Mix – Ecology Action Special roots improve soil texture and put nitrogen into the soil (Use Mix – For years we have been recommending a formulation of Garden Combo inoculant - item # SIN-9400). They can provide fava, vetch, wheat and rye as a particularly beneficial compost a trellis for other compost crops. While this is a compost crop, crop for your garden. We are now offering this as a pre-mixed these beans also make good eating. See other favas under packet of wheat, vetch, and rye, along with a separate packet beans in the vegetable section. for the favas, which are planted separately. 1500 seeds. Area 100. C $3.00 per set of two packets CBE-6925 Bell Bean, Fava – 60-75 days. A vigorous, adaptable legume, often mixed with peas, vetch, radish, and Agricultural Mustard Synapis alba oats for cover cropping. Grows 3-6 ft, produces much organic ALL/Matures 5-6/Harvest up to 8/Yield 180-270/Spacing matter for composting, and fixes nitrogen if inoculant is used. Broadcast thickly Strong root system brings up nutrients and conditions soil. Plant in fall. Matures March to May, attracting many beneficial CAG-6910 Agricultural Mustard – Excellent cover crop insects. 300 seeds. Area 78. C $3.25 often used in orchards and vineyards. Suppresses weeds,  CBE-6940 Banner, Biointensive – 60-75 days. nematodes and soil diseases, cycles nutrients, increases tilth. Biointensively Grown. Frost-resistant to 10°s F, hardier than Also a high protein forage. Sow broadcast any time during many favas. A favorite in our Research Garden. Grows very the growing season. It can be harvested at any stage, but thick stands. Good eating as well. 360 seeds. Area 78. O preferably just after flowering. Plant mid-Aug for winter cover. $4.00 4100 seeds. Area 100. C $2.75 32 Clover Inoculants for Legumes CCL-6950 Alsike Trifolium hybridum Legumes grow best and produce more if inoculated with a special bacteria culture. These bacteria form nodules on the ALL/Matures 17-26/Harvest one cutting/Yield dry 12-38/ roots of legumes such as peas, beans, favas, peanuts, lentils, Spacing 5” vetch, Austrian peas, cowpeas, garbanzo beans, alfalfa, and Perennial. Best clover for poor land. Tolerates wet soil., clover, and are the creatures actually responsible for “fixing” flooding, acid soil, and clay soils. Enriches the soil and provides nitrogen from the air into the soil. Inoculants are especially humus. Broadcast in Spring or Autumn. Fixes about .27 lbs. of important when planting one of these crops for the first time. Nitrogen per 100 square feet per year. 5000 seeds. Area 400. These cultures are plant specific, so be sure to select the C $1.50 correct one for your crop. Directions: Put seed in container CCL-6960 Berseem Trifolium hybridum and mix in few drops of water; just enough to lightly moisten C/Matures 17-26/Harvest 2/Spacing 5” seeds. Add inoculant and mix until all seeds are coated. Or Extremely productive and a good weed suppressor, good sprinkle directly in the furrow along with seeds using about 1 compost crop, excellent forage, and at 200-300 pounds per teaspoon every 2 feet of row. Cover immediately. Bacteria will acre one of the best nitrogen fixers. Tolerates a wide range of die if exposed to heat and sun. Storage: Keep cool as possible; soils. Not cold-hardy. 2500 seeds. Area 200. C $1.50 between 34 and 70 F is best. Do not expose to extreme heat, direct sunlight, or freezing. Caution: Avoid breathing dust. CCL-6970 Crimson Trifolium incarnatum C/Matures l7-26/Harvest 2/Yield green 60-180, dry 15-45/ Spacing 5” SIN-9380 Alfalfa & Clover Inoculant – Treats up to 5 lbs of Alfalfa or clover seed (except subterranean clover). $2.00 Annual. Beautiful large-headed deep-crimson flowers. Nitrogen source, soil builder, erosion preventor, ground cover, SIN-9390 Garbanzo Bean Inoculant – Treats up to 15 lbs of forage. Grows well in mixtures with small grains, grasses, Garbanzo beans. $2.00 and other clovers. Winter cover crop through warmer parts of SIN-9400 Garden Combo Inoculant – Treats 8 lbs of peas, USDA Zone 6 and summer crop elsewhere. Fast growing on beans, favas, peanuts, lentils, vetch, field peas, or cowpeas. either sand or clay. Fixes about .21 lbs. of Nitrogen per 100 $3.50 square feet per year. 5000 seeds. Area 400. C $1.50 SIN-9410 Soybean Inoculant – Treats up to 15 lbs of soybeans. CCL-7000 Medium Red Trifolium pratense $2.95 ALL/Matures 17 F/Harvest 2+/Yield green 90-270, dry 18-54/ Spacing 5” Fenugreek Perennial/Biennial. Fast growing crop that can be recut, giving C,W/Matures 8-12/Harvest one cutting/Yield dry 23-37/ more total biomass than other clovers. This plant is hardy Spacing 4”” through USDA Zone 4. Sow in autumn to be harvested in the spring. Sweetens the soil. Fixes about .23-.30 lbs. of Nitrogen per 100 sq. feet per year. Good for pastures or hay. Medicinal: skin, menopause. 5000 seeds. Area 400. C $1.50 CCL-7030 Sweet White Blossom Melilotus alba C/Matures 17-26/Harvest 2/Spacing 5” Upright biennial often used for poor soils. Good bee plant. Drought resistant and winter hardy through USDA Zone 4. Takes a wide range of soils and climates, and will pierce through subsoil. pH 6.5 or higher. Fixes to 125 lbs of N/acre. 2500 seeds. Area 220. C $1.50 White Clover Useful in situations where they have to fend for themselves: pasture for the New Zealand, and lawns for the Dutch. Heat tolerant and cold tolerant through USDA Zone 4. Good for soil enrichment and to provide humus. Likes a pH of 5-6.5. CCL-6990 Dutch – A very low growing, persistent clover whose white flowers you often see in lawns. Its relative durability under foot traffic makes it useful for paths especially in vegetable gardens, which can use the nitrogen. As a lawn, it is self-fertilizing, thick-growing, needs little or no mowing and looks lush, though it will not take as much abuse as grass. Likes moist soil. 5000 seeds. Area 400. C $1.50 CCL-7010 New Zealand – A medium-high growing clover. Fukuoka’s favorite cover crop in One-Straw Revolution. Likes moist soil. Fixes about .23-.30 lbs. of Nitrogen per 100 square feet per year. 5000 seeds. Area 400. C $1.7 CFE-7050 – Trigonella foenum-graecum – Annual. A beautiful nitrogen-fixing plant, excellent as winter cover, for Red Cowpeas opening heavy soils and for forage for animals. Prefers warmth W,H/Matures 8/Harvest 8/Yield biomass 7-9/Spacing 15””” but germinates in cooler soils also and grows quickly to two feet tall. Has white flowers with blue markings, aromatic foliage, and CCO-7020 – Vigna sinensis. A great, all-around summer medicinal seeds that can also be used for sprouts or in curries. cover crop that fixes a lot of nitrogen (up to .57 pounds per Makes less organic matter than other winter covers, but its 100 square feet) and is good at competing with summer quick growth is a bonus when planting late; can be planted weeds, even bermuda grass. Tolerates some shade; can be as late as mid-December in mild-winter areas, or in very early planted in orchards or vineyards. Can be used for hay or grain spring. Gets about 2 feet tall. for best results, use our alfalfa & in addition to making compost. Cowpeas are also excellent Clover inoculant. 1500 seeds, area 100. C $2.50 attractants for beneficial insects due to nectar-releasing sites on the leaflets. They are adaptable, drought-tolerant and productive.130 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 33 Lupine Lupinus spp. W/Matures 8/Spacing broadcast

CLU-7085 Blue Lupine, Bluebonnet – Beautiful blue annual wildflower that fixes nitrogen and tolerates poor, rocky soil. Fall-planted in zone 7 and above. All other areas plant very early spring—grows during cool or warm weather and dies back when weather gets very hot or dry. Spectacular sheets of blue in spring to summer. Excellent cover crop to prepare beds for heavy-feeding summer vegetables. 1300 seeds. Area 100. C $1.75 Phacelia tanacetifolia A/Ht1-4’/Spacing 6”

CPH-7060 Phacelia tanacetifolia Cover Crop Video – Prime beneficial-insect plant. BCO-1180 Cover Crops and Compost Crops IN Your Lavender-blue, fragrant flowers are Garden loved by people too. A quick growing Cindy Conner, 2008, 66 minutes plant which makes a fine, feathery Watch through the seasons as your cover crops come to but dense carpet that shades and maturity and are either cut as mulch in the beds they were holds the soil but allows moisture grown in, or cut as food for the compost pile. Watching the to trickle through. Phacelia attracts whole season is very educational and is an essential part of pollinators and beneficial insects that our teaching biointensive. Cindy studied our methods, is a prey on pests. Makes good compost former market gardener and now a sustainable agriculture material. 1250 seeds. Area 200. C college instructor. Everyone at BG who has watched this DVD $2.25 had at least one “aha” moment.– $35.00 Fodder Radish Raphanus sativus ALL/Matures 17+/Harvest 4-8/Yield 100-540/Spacing 3”

CFO-7050 Fodder Radish – Extremely valuable compost In response to customer requests, we crop with very deep tap root that brings up nutrients from the subsoil and breaks up clay. Produces a great bulk of material. are carrying some of our compost crops Traditional over-winter forage relished by animals like sheep. in one -pound packages. Please call for Edible big juicy roots. 2500 seeds. Area 100. C $3.00 availability. 707-459-6410

Tyfon, Holland Greens Brassica rapa “Tyfon” ALL/Matures 6-12/Harvest multiple/Yield /Spacing 15” or broadcast

CTY-7090 Tyfon, Holland Greens – An edible compost crop. Highly nutritious, productive, very fast growing. Widely- adapted. Tops hardy to 10°F at least, and bolt resistant. If harvested by cutting back, several cuttings can be made at 30 to 40-day intervals. Best cut when young and tender. Mild flavored. Mowing to the ground kills it. To 30-60” 800 seeds. Area 1000. C $1.95

Vetch Vicia villosa ALL/Matures l2 F/Harvest 9+ AC/Yield green 25-106, dry 5-18/Spacing broadcast

CVE-7100 Hairy – Best for cold climates - if established in the fall, the land will be completely covered and protected from wind and water erosion by winter - surviving temperatures to 25 below zero by going dormant like winter wheat. Not as vigorous in milder climates but still gives high yields of cover, compost, or pasture if allowed to fully mature. Accepts low- fertility, but must be well-drained. 4400 seeds. Area 100. C $3.75 CVE-7110 Woolly Pod – Viney, tendrilled plants with large flowers make a luxuriant pasture, excellent erosion control, and high quality hay. Beautiful flowers often listed in flower catalogs. Grows especially well when inter-planted with Fava Beans, which act as trellises for the vetch. Heat, drought, and poor soil tolerant. Withstands temperatures to 0°s F. Fixes up to .63 lbs of N per 100 sq. ft per year. 4400 seeds. Area 100. C $3.50

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Compost using Crop Applications spacings. GROW BIOINTENSIVE Legume - fixed Nitrogen poor drainage Tolerates Germinates in cool soil Cold hardy to 25ºF Drought tolerant Good for heavy soils Plant Spring, Fall, Either* Competes with weeds Good for erosion control Quick growth Low growing - under 12” Medium - 13 to 36” - over 36” Tall Invasive Oz per 1,000 sq. ft. Alfalfa S 0.85 Buckwheat S 26.0 Barley E 24.0 Beans, Moth S 9.5 Cardoon E 0.4 Clover, Alsike E 5.5 Clover, Berseem E 1.5 Clover, Crimson E 6.0 Clover, Red E 0.8 Clover, Subterranean E 5.7 Clover, Sweet White Blossom E 0.3 Clover, White E 0.3 Fava, Banner F 172.0 Mustard, Agricultural E 8.5 Oats E 12.5 Pea, Austrian Field F 31.0 Radish, Fodder E 15.0 Rye, Cereal F 24.0 Crownvetch S 1.4 Vetch, Hairy F 55.0 Vetch, Woollypod (Lana) F 55.0 Wheat E 24.0 Sunflower S 7.6 Sorghum S 6.6 Corn S 9.0 Phacelia tanacetifolia E 0.5 Tyfon E 5.0 * Plant: Fall planting may not survive in cold climates.

35 Grains and Fibers Grains are among the easiest crops to grow and can be a new adventure for the home gardener. Many need little processing after harvest, and they bring a different kind of beauty to the garden.

Grains are easy to grow and maintain, decorative and useful. Most varieties of modern grains, especially oats and barley, have been developed for machine processing. Our varieties are chosen for the small grower without specialized milling equipment. Learn to grow the grain for your bread in your own backyard. Or try your hand at designing and growing a complete small-scale diet in your backyard, using our book One Circle.

Amaranth W,H/Matures Grain 12, Leaf 6/Harvest 4/Yield Grain 4-16+, Leaf 68-272/Spacing Grain 12” Leaf 6” (Shown right) Heat-loving grain from the New World. Easy to grow, a striking edible ornamental high in nutrients. High in protein and provides essential amino acids missing in other grains. Start after frost date when soil is warm. When seeds first start to drop to the ground cut heads and hang in protected place with good ventilation over tarp or plastic to catch seeds. When dry rub heads to remove seeds and winnow.

 VAM-2010 Golden Giant, Grain Amaranthus cruentis 100-120 days. Yields of over 1 lb. of white seed per plant have been reported on striking plants to 6’ tall. Golden stems and flowering heads. May be planted anytime after risk of frost is past, up to 2 months before cool weather. Also known for its edible leaves. 100 seeds. Area 65. GB $1.95  GAM-7195 Sunset Dwarf Grain – 100-120 days. These beautiful and use ful plants were grown by Golden Rule from seed from the USDA germplasm repository. They are a Central American heirloom variety for short-season areas. Shorter in stature than our other amaranths, they do not make so much biomass, but are much earlier. The grain is very high quality , large and white. Yields are extremely good. There were both red and yellow lines in the bed—we are calling this the Sunset Barley Hordeum vulgare Dwarf gene pool because it will be varied. Select your favorite CW/Matures 9-10/Harvest 0-4/Yield grain 5-24, dry biomass plants for seed. 100seeds, area 60 GB $1.95 12-72/Spacing 5 MAM-6200 Amaranth Mix – The seeds will cross, but produce Ancient Biblical, Egyptian, and Tibetan crop. Forgiving of a variety of greens and seed types. A lovely display, and a extreme weather and poor soil. Easily threshed and very sampler of our types. 300 seeds. Area 100. GB,B,N $2.25 nutritious. Shorter growing season than most other grains. BGE-1510 More About Amaranth and Quinoa information Makes a fine, mild-flavored flour, porridge, soup or pilaf. sheet – Gives more detailed cultural instructions, along with advice on processing the grain. $0.30 Hulless “Naked” Barley This is the grain for gardeners, since threshing is so easy. We sometimes have small lots of other types—check our web- Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum site W,H/Matures 9-13/Harvest 1-4/Yield green 25-100, dry 2-6, grain 4-16/Spacing Broadcast  GBA-7230 Schrene – Spring. A 2-row type. A fast, short, hulless barley. Not the highest yielding in our trails, but  GBU-7250 Buckwheat – This very fast-growing crop dependable matures quickly enough that , if you plant early, has low grain yield, but can grow where seasons are too short you may still have time for a main crop in the bed after the or cool for other grains. High in lysine. Widely used as a bee barley. Short stems mean less material for compost, but they plant, compost crop, “nurse” plant for seedlings, and to attract also help resist lodging (falling over)100 seeds. Area 12. GB wildlife. Plant spring or late summer. Will grow on nearly any $2.25 soil, but prefers light, well-drained soils. 2600 seeds. Area LBA-6618 Hulless Barley Collection – Small packets of 5 100. O $1.50 spring-planted barleys: Tibetan, Condor, Faust, Ethiopean, and Sangatsuga. Only a limited amount—we’d rather have them planted (and seed saved?) by gardeners, rather than it languishing in our refrigerator. Only one per customer. 5 packets GB $10.00

36 Regular Barley Poppyseeds Not the best type for growing to eat, because it must be hulled. FPO-8845 Breadseed Poppy Papever somniferum However, we get requests for this from brewers and from Yields an amazing number of seeds for breads, cakes, muffins, people who just want barley straw for killing algae in ponds. 1 and other dishes. Sow in early spring, harvest in summer. 300 pound bag, plants about 1000 square feet. seeds. Area 200. C $2.00  – 1 lb. Area 1000. O $4.25 GBA-7220 Regular Barley Quinoa Chenopodium quinoa W,H/Matures 13-17/Harvest 0-4/Yield grain 6-26, dry biomass 26-158/Spacing 12” Flax Linum usitatissimum A beautiful, very hardy, high-yielding ancient Andean staple ALL/Matures 12-14/Spacing 4” grain. This grain is a contender for most complete food of all. Beautiful slender annual with brilliant sky-blue 1/2” flowers on Grows 4-6’ high with many arrow-shaped leaves used like graceful stems that grow to 2-5’. Easily grown for its golden- spinach. The 3-6 oz. seedhead is made up of tiny round seeds brown seeds that are high in protein and omega-3 rich oil. Used which are cooked as a grain, ground into a meal, in soups, in breads and cereals, as vegan egg substitute in recipes, and boiled like rice, etc. Beautiful autumnal color. CAUTION: sprouted. Unripe fruits used in chutneys. This ancient fiber Quinoa seed has a natural soapy coating (saponin) that must plant was used by the Pharaohs, and the stalks are still used be washed off before cooking or eating. (Instructions included for high-grade paper. Medicinal: Digestive tract, chest/lungs, with seed.) Our seed grower uses the rinse water as a “pretty skin, menopause. good laundry soap”.

 GFL-7280 Culinary – Standard variety for nutritional  GQU-7360 Multi-hued – An excellent variety to start use. Grows fast and blooms early. Lovely blue flowers. Flax with. Well-adapted – does well in Willits, Canada, the south. seeds are wonderful in dried fruit leathers and on crackers and Quite a show with flower colors of: red orange yellow purple deserts. Also good livestock and poultry feed. Food quality and mauve. Tan seeds. Stands 5-6’ tall. 240 seeds. Area 100. seed. 300 seeds. Area 20. O $1.50 B $1.95 Millet  GQU-7370 Temuko – Beautiful orange seed heads and \ALL/Matures 10-13/Yield grain 3-12, dry 12-72/Spacing 7” yellow-green, large roundish leaves. 240 seeds. Area 100. B $1.75 A short-season grain crop containing more essential amino acids than wheat, oats, barley, rye or rice. Millet combined with BGE-1510 More About Amaranth and Quinoa information buckwheat provides all the proteins required by human. Grains sheet. 2 pages. – Cultural info, processing tips. $0.30 borne in upright “heads”. Easily digested, fast-cooking. Good hay grain. Excellent for poultry and livestock.  Rye GMI-7290 Japanese – Highly productive and early. C/Matures 17 (overwintered)/Harvest 0-4/Yield 4-24 grain, 12- Very leafy with many grain-bearing tillers to 6”. Tolerates 72 dry biomass/Spacing 5” waterlogged soils very well. Excellent for compost—will re- Rye is similar to wheat and barley but much taller—up to 7’. grow after cutting, and dries faster than Sudan grass. Difficult It is very cold hardy and thrives in cool climates and poor to thresh and clean for human consumption. 560 seeds. Area soils. Excellent winter cover and compost crop in addition to 120. GB $2.25 grain production. Rye has an allelopathic effect; producing GMI-72950 Pearl – Pennisetum americanum This is a good compounds which inhibit the growth of other plants. 15% rye choice for the home garden because it threshes out of its hulls flour baked into wheat bread increases iron absorption in the easily. It is not considered the highest quality, but it is the most body. do-able and is satisfactory in quality. 200 seeds area 45 GB. $2.00 GMI-7300 Proso – Panicum miliaceum. Very quick maturing, attracts wildlife. High alkaline content counteracts acids and makes it more easily digested. Grows 1-4’ high, has hairy stems and compact to loose panicles with a profusion of small, round, seeds. 560 seeds. Area 120. C $1.50 Oats Avena nuda C/Matures 13-17/Harvest 0-4/Yield grain 3-13, dry biomass 12-72/Spacing 5” Oats are highest in protein, lowest in carbohydrates, and rival wheat as the most nutritious of the cereal grains. Likes more water than other grains. Does well on any fairly fertile soil. Abundant straw makes a good compost crop. These varieties are easily threshed for the grain, avoiding the very difficult processing of hulled varieties. Heavy stubble prevents soil erosion. Plant as early as possible in spring. Medicinal: straw - tonic, nerves, depression, lethargy, sleep.

GOA-7320 Hulless – Popular commercial variety when you can find it. Medium height variety for early spring planting and late summer harvest. Umbrella-like grain heads with lots of straw for use as organic matter. 750 seeds. Area 90. C $1.75 Cereal (Secale cereale)  GOA-7330 Kynon Winter Hulless – Productive, hardy  GRY-7400 Cereal – This is the variety to use for compost overwintering oats. Normally plant in fall for spring harvest and grain in most conditions. Easy to start and grow. 1200 whereby you get strong stalks with minimal lodging, but also seeds. Area 100. O $1.25 does well planted in February. Seed from our research garden.  GRY-7410 Winter Akusti – Tall with extreme cold 250 seeds. Area 30. GB $1.95 tolerance. Not suited to warmer winter areas. Produces nutritious grain and large amount of biomass for compost. From Finland. 100 seeds. Area 8. GB $1.75 37 Sorghum Sorghum bicolor W,H/Matures 13/Harvest 0-2/Yield 6-24 seed, 88-350 green biomass, 25-100 dry biomass/Spacing 4” Introduced from Africa as forage, sorghum is heat tolerant and water-efficient. Grown like corn but hardier and may be perennial in low-frost zones. The seed heads may also be harvested and used in dried arrangements. Under some wet conditions, sorghum can develop toxicity to cloven-hoofed animals.

GSO-7420 Broomcorn – 110 days. A fun plant to grow and use. You get a lot of carbon/compost from this plant. The stiff top bristles make excellent brooms. Birds love the grain. 400 seeds. Area 25. C $2.50  GSO-7430 Dale – A favorite in the research garden. 5-8’ tall and very productive, for grain, syrup and compost. Produces well in northern climates. Bred by John Coffer. 400 seeds. Area 90. GB $3.00 GSO-7460 Rio – 100-110 days. Rio is a commercial sugar can which in test had extremely high sugar yields. Large red and white seeds. Grows 8-10’ tall. 400 seeds area 90 C. 400 Triticale X Triticosecale seeds. Area 90. C $3.00 C/Matures 16-18/Harvest 0-4/Yield grain 4-26, dry 12-72/ Spacing 5” “For years I ignored this crop because of the myth that it is Teff Eragrostis tef ‘a man-made cereal grain.’ It is fun to grow. I began to grow W/Matures 14 the plants because of their dynamic beauty” Lorenz Schaller, KUSA Foundation. Triticale is a cross between wheat and  GTE-7460 Teff – The smallest food grain in the world, rye. Wheat and rye cross naturally, but investigations into teff is a staple for much of Africa, especially Ethiopia, where (and improvements on) this marriage began only a hundred it is used to make enjera, a fermented, pancake-like bread. years ago. Triticale combines the high protein content of It’s also used for hay and forage and in a fermented beer-like wheat with the high lysine content and ruggedness of rye, drink. Its graceful leaves and heads are a beautiful addition to while exhibiting good disease resistance. It pleases growers the garden. 500 seeds. N $1.95 with its performance and appearance. We grow triticale in the research garden for carbon for the compost and calories for the gardeners.

 GTR-7470 Juan – This is a beautiful cereal plant. It has stiff, strong, tall straw of about 40” and stands sturdy with less lodging. High yielding. Good carbon crop. 250 seeds. Area 30. GB $2.25

 GTR-7480 Musky – For fall or early spring planting. Grows 4-5 feet tall with a good production of both straw and grain in our research garden. From Peters Seed and Research. 100 seeds. Area 12. GB $2.00.

 GTR-7490 Pika– A bearded (awned) type, this grew over 6 feet tall and was very productive of both grain and straw. Seed from Peters Seed. 100 seeds. Area 12. GB $2.00

 GTR-7468 Bamboo Curtain – One of the many triticales grown at our research garden ...trials are not complete and the jury is still out on this one, but we have some seed to pass on to others to trial in the meantime. 150 seeds. Area 18. GB $2.00

BGE-1540 What’s Up with Triticale? – Lorenz Schaller is the director of KUSA, an organization that works to preserve heirloom cereal grains. He wrote this in response to our question about the history of triticale (a natural hybrid of wheat and rye that breeds true in the home garden.) Besides discussing triticale specifically, this is an excellent introduction to grain genetics, a thoughtful consideration of the ethics involved, and a love song to the beauty of growing grains. Half the proceeds of this paper go to KUSA for their vitally important work. $2.00

38 Wheat Modern C/Matures 16-20/Harvest 0-4/Yield 4-26 grain, 12-72 dry biomass/Spacing 5” These wheats are the standard for bread making and general flour use. We like these varieties for their high protein content, One of the most ancient crops. Wheat is the largest single food and their general hardiness & adaptability. Sure yielders. crop on earth and perhaps the most versatile. Gluten is an Modern wheats are easily threshed and therefore are good unmatched vegetable glue, allowing bread to rise and achieve choices for a home food garden, and to produce carbon for a light, tender texture. the compost. Ancient These wheats are beautiful in the garden, and sometimes GWH-7570 Hard Red Spring – Not as high yielding as winter people who cannot tolerate modern wheat can eat them. wheat, but you are able to plant and harvest it in the same However, they tend to be more difficult to thresh than the season. Very high in protein, generally over 12%. Plant around modern varieties. the date of the last killing frost, maturity by early Summer. 1250 seeds. Area 150. C $1.25 GWH-7580 Hard Red Winter – Higher yielding but less drought tolerant. Planted around the first fall frost, it will grow some then go dormant for the winter. Warm spring weather will cause rapid new growth, and harvest within two months. 1250 seeds. Area 150. C $1.25  GWH-7610 SS791 – A 6 foot tall light brown winter wheat with large kernels in short awned heads that thresh easily. Sturdy and productive with good resistance to lodging. 100 seeds. Area 12. GB $2.00  LWH-6890 Spring wheat Collection – Small packets of 4 spring-planted wheats: White Sonoran, Blue Tinge Ethiopian, Pacific Blue stem and Changoh. We only have small amounts of these and can only offer one collection per customer. Try out these fine varieties and grow out seed for your favorite! 4 packets. GB $10.00  GWH-7600 FBC-Dylan Spring Wheat – We are so honored to be able to offer this wheat, the product of farmers working together doing on-the-farm breeding for disease resistance rather than depending on chemicals.. The mother plants were selected from the survivors of a scab outbreak by breeder Matt Bolding. Dylan can be planted early in the spring (soil temps above 40°F). It reaches the heading stage in approximately 55-60 days with maturity in 100-110 days. Dylan has a large seed size and will achieve heights up to 3 feet. It does well in wet environments. 1250 seeds area 150 O $2.00  GWH-7525—Red Vernal Emmer – A spring planted hulled or covered wheat that threshes with the hull intact. An heirloom from ancient times., Emmer can be planted when the soils warm in the spring (40°F) at the same time other spring grains are planted. It is later to mature than spring wheat  (approximately 10-20 days later.) Red Vernal will reach the GWH-7530 Early Stone Age T monococcum heading stage in 65-70 days with maturity in 110-125 days. It Formerly Einkorn hornemanii. Limited production from our will get quite tall; average height is 42 inches. Plants will lodge research garden. This rare, high-protein wheat (18.3% in an if grown with lots of moisture and fertility—a dryland variety.. Ecology Action test) has two artistically-bearded seed rows Hull color is yellow. 1250seeds. are 150 O $2.00 to each seed head, with many seed heads per plant (up to 90 with wider spacings). Originally a widely cultivated variety in Switzerland, Spain, and the eastern Caucasus. Reportedly cultivated 7,500 - 12,000 years ago. A venerable, quality food KUSA Seed Research Foundation source. Difficult to thresh and clean. Much higher in carotene Cereals and grains comprise the bulk of our diet, and very little is than modern wheats. Spring planted. 13 seeds. Area 2. GB being done to save the full diversity of traditional grain varieties. $1.25 KUSA is a non-profit membership organization working to provide seed and information to the farming/gardening public,  GWH-7550 Kamut Triticum polonicum concerning traditional, unusual and rare crops that should not Polish Wheat, Astraakan Wheat. Very beautiful seedheads be lost to future generations. For further information about of silvery blue. Kernels 2-3 times the size of modern wheats. KUSA, go to: www.ancientcerealgrains.org Higher in protein, vitamins and minerals than modern wheats. Some report that it is less allergenic. Makes superior pasta and puffed wheat but makes heavy bread. Probably originated in the Fertile Crescent. Spring planted. Most drought tolerant. 1250 seeds. Area 150. O $1.50 Heritage Wheat Conservancy This organization works with worldwide peasant farmers to BEA-0033 Grow Your Own Grains: Raising, Harvesting and collect, conserve, and market the delicious ancient wheats best Uses by Carol Cox, 2008,28 pp A working paper. Basic grain adapted to organic fields and artisanal breads. You can see raising, harvesting and using. How to grow and use barley, oats, cereal rye, triticale, wheat, amaranth, corn, millet, quinoa, their amazing project with Arab and Israeli neighbors farming rice, sorghum, and teff. – $7.50 ancient wheats at www.growseed.org or contact them at 52 Mayflower Hill Dr. Waterville, ME 04004

39 Wild Trees and Shrubs

Trees and shrubs build diversity, permanence and shelter Morus nigra into a garden. They hold the soil with deep roots, buffer Mulberry Zones 5-10/Matures 5-7 yrs/Height 15’ winds, attract wildlife, and carry on through seasons of unusual weather, or years when other events in life keep TMU-7740 Mulberry – Black Mulberry. Short trunk with dense, the gardener out of the garden entirely. Trees and shrubs spreading head. Great shade tree. Large, dark-red berries the grown from seed will not be as sweet or consistent as equal of any vine berry in flavor and sweetness - and more selected, vegetatively propagated plants (clones). They nutritious with a goodly amount of protein. Sweet and delicious. will, however, all make fine low-care hedges, beautiful Needs sun, but not finicky about soil. Plants generally self- mixed hedgerows or shelterbelts, are good for soil fertile and require minimal pruning. Somewhat drought-hardy erosion control, and provide wild animal food/habitat. once established. Grows to 15’ X 15’. 20 seeds. C $2.00 Most will also provide plentiful leaves for composting in Blackcap Raspberry Rubus leucodermis the fall. These are seeds and most will need stratification( Zones 6-9/Matures 3 yrs/Height 8’ a period of cold.) Instructions included. TRA-7755 Blackcap Raspberry – Wild raspberries have Bush Cherry Prunus besseyi luscious raspberry flavor, and can be managed as an untended Zones 3-9/Matures 3 yrs/Height 4-6’ thicket, in a tended bed, or on a trellis or fence. Start in pots, TBU-7720 Bush Cherry – This bush cherry makes an and give adequate fertility and moisture while young. Very attractive 4-6’ high hedge (new stems sprout from the base tough once established, but will need some water in dry- to make a very full bush or hedge) with grey-green leaves that summer climates for to mature fruit. 20 seeds. C $2.00 turn bronze-purple in autumn, and profuse clusters of white Rosa rugosa flowers in spring. The second year it produces lots of tart Rugosa Rose purple cherries for preserves. 5 seeds. C $2.00 Zones 2-10/Matures 2 yrs/Height 3-8’ TRU-7760 Rugosa Rose – A vigorous attractive 3-8’ shrub Black Currant Ribes auratum which produces large, highly fragrant single 3-4” red-magenta Zones 5-9Height 4’/Matures 3 yrs blossoms almost continually during the growing season. In the TCU-7715 American Black Currant – Easy-care fruit-bearing fall it produces large bright-red hips the size of cherry tomatoes bush or hedge, sometimes called golden currant for its fragrant and bright yellow autumn leaves. Resistant to insect attack, yellow flowers. Fruit much-loved in Europe for fresh eating, disease-free requires no pampering or pruning, can endure jellies, and drinks. (“Cassis”) A beautiful plant with maple- cold, heat, dryness, and poor soil. Good erosion plant. The like leaves and grape-like cascades of dark, rich berries. Will finest of all deciduous hedges. 20 seeds. C $2.00 produce well in shaded conditions. Leaves combat stress, and Amelachier alnifolia fruit has more vitamin C than citrus. Seeds rich in omega-3. Serviceberry NEW! Makes a 4’x4’ bush. 20 seeds. C $2.50 Hardy to zone 3/Matures 3 yrs/Height 12’ TSE-7765 Serviceberry– Small tree/large shrub produces Elderberry Sambucus canadensis loads of tasty berries much like blueberries in looks and use. Hardy to zone 3/Matures 3 yrs/Height 12’ Fall color, very cold-hardy, spring flowers much like cherry TEL-7800 Elderberry – Small tree/large shrub produces loads blossoms.20 seeds C $2.00 of tasty berries famous for pies and wine. Nice background Vitus riparia for the garden, or to create privacy without shading out your Wild Grape NEW! vegetables. Large glossy pinnate leaves frame dinner-plate Zones 5-10/Matures 3 yrs/Length 25’ size clusters of tiny white edible flowers with a scent of honey. TGR-3313– Riverbank Grape- Native American grape so Berries are very small but for picking you can just cut the large disease-resistant it is used by French wine growers as a clusters and strip them off in the kitchen, or boil them stems rootstock to resist soil-borne disease. Big vigorous vine grows and all for jelly and wine. Many medicinal uses: anti-viral. to 30 feet, and produces bunches of sweet purple grapes. 20 Anti-oxidant. Likes moisture. Will grow in the shade if it gets seeds C.$2.00 some light. Quick-growing. 20 seeds. C $2.00 Persimmon NEW! Diospyros virginiana American Wild Plum Prunus americana Hardy to zone 4/Matures5yrs/Height 30 Zones 3-10/Matures 2-3 yrs/Height 10’ TPE-7753 Persimmon– Beautiful medium-sized native fruit TAM-7710 American Wild Plum – Lovely deciduous tree tree. Deep orange fruit must be fully ripe (after frost in many with narrow pointed toothed 2-4” leaves. The fruits make good areas) to lose its astringency—then it becomes sweet and preserves. Thrives on a wide range of soils. Self-fertile. More luscious.. Fall color, shade, beauty, carving wood.. 10 seeds compact in growth than European and Japanese varieties. C $2.00 Seed kernels can be eaten raw. For any well-drained soil in full sun. Regular pruning unnecessary. 7 seeds. C $2.00 Medicinal Shrubs and Vines: NEW! TVI-7776 Chaste Tree– Extremely handsome landscape Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata plant that is used for PMS, balancing for women through life Hardy to zone 5/Matures 5 yrs/Height 20’ transitions. Vitex agnus-castus 10 seeds C $10.00 THA-7790 Hawthorn – Masses of white “mayflowers” are TSC-7765 Schizandra- Hardy vine used in Chinese medicine followed by red fruit, loaded with heart-healthy procyanidins. for immune defense, depression, liver , sexual vitality, memory Eaten fresh after mellowed by frost, used for jelly wine and and alertness. Schizandra chinensis 25 seeds C $2.00 teas anytime, much like rose hips. Oak-shaped leaves have TVI-7775 Crampbark– Shrub to 8’. with clusters of lacecap great fall color, accented by red fruit. Prime wildlife habitat. flowers in spring and red berries. Bark gives amazing relief Leaves, fruit, and flowers used by herbalists to normalize for any muscular cramp—back pain, menstrual cramps, tense blood pressure and strengthen the heart. To 20’ as a tree, but muscles, abdominal. Viburnum opulus. 25 seeds C $2.00 can also be pruned as a hedge, bush, etc. 20 seeds. C $2.00

40 Herbs Closer to the wild than most vegetable crops, herbs are Basil Ocimum basilicum resistant to pests and diseases and require no special A/Height 1-2’/Spacing 6” care. Annual herbs will generally do well in the bed with vegetables. Many of the annuals and biennials are from Tender annual. Sow in well-fertilized, light soil after all danger the same family as carrots, and will behave similarly (see of frost is passed. Keep well watered. Well suited to growing in cultural advice for carrots.) Most herbs will want to be pots. A basic kitchen herb, for pasta, salads, soups and teas.  planted in spring after all danger of frost is past and the HBA-7920 Sweet – Our fine standard variety for cooking. soil is warm; exceptions are clearly noted. Superb taste. 1-2” long shiny green leaves; spikes of white Perennial herbs can be easy also, if you bear their origin in flowers. 400 seeds. Area 50. O $1.95 mind. Many perennial herbs are actually small shrubs native  HBA-7930 Lettuce-Leaved, Genovese – Large tender to the rocky, dry, sunny limestone hills of Greece, Italy, and leaves favored for pesto; excellent for a wide variety of dishes. the rest of the Mediterranean. They need minimal fertility but Best for freezing. Productive, adaptable. 400 seeds. Area 50. excellent drainage: in clay or damp soil, work in some compost, O $1.95 lime, and lots of sand or even gravel. Consider planting on HBA-7935 Lemon – True lemon flavor in a handsome upright a slope, mound, or among rocks, all of which will improve plant with white flowers. Smooth, soft leaves pleasant in food drainage and winter-hardiness—herbs succumb to wet more and drink. 400 seeds. Area 50. C $2.00 often than actual cold. In zone 5 and below, the shelter of  HBA-7940 Cinnamon – Mexico. Luscious fresh branches or stones will help them through bouts of freeze-and- cinnamon flavor and scent for tea, cooking, sachets, bouquets. thaw or freezing winds. Perennial herbs, like other perennials, Reputedly the hardiest basil. Repels insects. 400 seeds. Area many take a long time to germinate; this is normal, and starting 50. O $1.95 them in pots will prevent the seeds being disturbed or forgotten HBA-7950 Thai – Anise-like flavor essential in Vietnamese in vegetable or flower beds. pho, and many Thai dishes. 400 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 The umbellifers—carrots, dill, parsley, cumin, cilantro, HBA-7960 Sacred Ocimum sanctum angelica, chervil, sweet cicely, lovage, and fennel—are the Holy Basil, Tulsi. The true Ocimum sanctum. Grown near beneficial insect crops par excellence, providing nectar and homes and temples all over India, this clove-scented basil is habitat for insect predators. The mint family—thyme, sage, used in Ayurvedic medicine and in the kitchen, especially for lavender, rosemary, basil—are famous for their nectar, and salads and cold dishes. 100 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 for repelling pests and diseases. Indeed, almost all herbs help bring the garden into balance. MBA-6220 Basil Mix – Sweet Basil, Genovese Basil, Cinnamon Basil and Thai Basil. 400 seeds. C,O $2.25 Black Cohosh Cimifuga racemosa Andrographis Andrographis paniculata P Zones 3-7/Height 3-6’/Spacing 24” A/Height 12-36” HBL-7980 Black Cohosh – Perennial. Much used by Native HAN-7900 Andrographis – 100 days. Annual. Also called Americans for its estrogenic, sedative, and anti-inflammatory Kalmegh and Kariyat. Very popular in Scandinavia to treat effects and to regulate blood sugar, this important women’s the common cold, flu and upper respiratory conditions. Clinical herb is also one of the most dependable and striking perennials trials confirm immune-boosting, adaptogenic, and antioxidant for the shade garden, with tall stems and spikes of white actions. Used in China and India for hepatitis, herpes, sore flowers. Slow germinating—best to start in pots in the summer throats, and gastrointestinal ills. Easy to grow; shrubby with and keep outdoors all winter to sprout the following spring. 30 open foliage and unusual pink flowers. 50 seeds. Area 35. C seeds. Area 100. C $2.75 $2.25 Borage Borago officinalis Ashwagandha, Withania A/Height 18-36’’/Spacing 15” Withania somnifera TP/Height 5’ HBO-7990 Borage – Annual. Bright blue edible flowers HAS-7910 Ashwagandha, Withania – 90 days. “Indian and young, cucumber-flavor leaves used in salads, garnish, ginseng”. Tender perennial grown as an annual, like a tomato. beverages. Reputed to improve the flavor & growth of many Ashwagandha is like ginseng – both are used to improve vitality plants. Tolerates poor soil, re-seeds itself freely, and is a and to aid recovery after chronic illness. But ashwaganda is drought- resistant. Grows in as little as 8 weeks. Medicinal. easier and faster to grow. Likes same conditions as tomatoes. “Borage for courage.” 55 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 Roots, leaves, berries used for strengthening, anti-inflammatory, anemia. 25 seeds. Area 30-80. C $1.95 Burnet (Salad) Sanquisorba P Zones 4-8/Height 15’’/Spacing 15” Astragalus Astragalus membranaceus HBU-8000 Burnet (Salad) – Super winter-hardy and adaptable P zones 5-10/Height 4’/Spacing 12” perennial will even grow in boggy or rocky soil. Young leaves HAS-7915 Astragalus, Huang-qi – Immunostimulant “king add cucumber flavor to spring and winter salads and dips. 100 of the tonic herbs.” Perennial legume easy to grow in full sun, seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 average soil, good drainage. Scarify seed by rubbing lightly between sheets of fine sandpaper one second or less. Plant Calendula Calendula officialinus in early spring—germinates best in cool soil. Three-year-old HA/Height 15’’/Spacing 15” roots used in soups as a medicinal food. 20 seeds. Area 12. FCA-8660 Orange – Selected for intense deep orange, O $2.00 hardiness, medicinal strength. This is one of the gentlest and yet most useful of herbs. Anti-fungal, wound-healing, and Black Cumin Nigella sativa soothing, Stimulates the liver, gall bladder, and uterus, soothes A/Height 12”/Spacing 9” the digestive system, supports the heart. It is indispensable in skin care, reducing inflammation, controlling bleeding, and – Annual. Best known for its use in HBL-7970 Black Cumin healing damaged or irritated tissue. 80 seeds. Area 25. O Indian and Middle Eastern cuisine, the peppery seeds are used $1.95 to flavor naan bread. Has a long history in Islamic medicine for stomach problems. Modern interest focuses on use as an antihistamine. Mentioned in the Bible as “fitches”. An Arab proverb says black cumin is a cure for everything except death. 150 seeds. Area 60. C $1.05 41 Catnip Nepeta cataria Dandelion Taraxacum officinale P Zones3-9/Height 2-3’/Spacing 15” B,P Zones 3-10/Height 8-18”/Spacing 6-8” HCA-8010 Catnip – Aromatic perennial mint, more drought- HDA-8080 Dandelion – Perennial. Toothed basal leaves, tolerant than other mints. Grows to 3’, with downy, pale green deep taproot, golden flowers, all edible. Known best as a foliage and 4” flower spikes. Leaves make a pleasant tea weed, dandelion has an astonishing range of health benefits. with calming, and antispasmodic effects, especially to soothe Young leaves good in mixed greens, both raw and cooked. restlessness during illness, or for children. Cats often love Detoxifying herb—encourages steady elimination of toxins plants to pieces. Emmer, our office cat, (see p. 71) says that from both sickness and pollution. Roots dug for medicinal use fresh homegrown catnip is much preferable to the store-bought and roasted for coffee substitute. Re-seeds aggressively-keep variety. 125 seeds. Area 75+. C $1.95 flowers picked. 200 seeds. Area 30-69. C $1.75 Chamomile Dill Anethum graveolens A/Height 2’/Spacing 6-10” A/Height 30’’/Spacing 8” HCH-8020 German Chamomile Matricaria recutita  HDI-8090 Dill – Annual herb often succession-sown in Annual. A truly outstanding fruity-tasting tea is made from the vegetable garden—good companion to cabbages, but many flowers. Needs good light to germinate and grow; average soil biodynamic gardeners feel it retards carrots and potatoes if is fine. Drought tolerant, can naturalize. Little daisy flowers planted alongside. Chopped leaves good in cheese spreads, should be ready for picking 8 weeks after sowing. Medicinal: dips, fish, salads; seeds used in pickles. Flowers attract Helps digestion, healing, sleep. 1200 seeds. Area 100-400. C beneficial insects. 450 seeds. Area 100. O $1.50 $1.95 Echinacea  HCH-8030 Roman Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile P Zones 5-8/Height 3-12”/Spacing 12” Echinacea purpurea P Zones 3-10/Height 1-2’/ (Anthemis nobilis) Hard-to-find seed. This perennial has been Spacing 18-24” used for centuries for making herbal lawns and seats. At its  best in a cool climate—likes the same conditions as lettuce. HEC-8100 Biointensive Start in flats and transplant to garden. Forms a soil-holding mat – Purple Coneflower (Sampson of aromatic foliage—good understory with shrubs. Flowers for root) Used medicinally to boost tea. 1200 seeds. Area 400. O $2.50 immune system. Many 4” knobby flower heads with pink, drooping Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium petals. Very productive. Select A/Height 9-18”/Spacing 4” strain grown at our research mini- HCH-8040 Chervil – Annual. Major kitchen herb in Europe, farm. Start in pots outside in very popular in salad and mesclun mixes. Mild, fresh taste outstanding early spring—they like a week of in salad, eggs, vegetables. Likes cool weather—makes a good moist cold before sprouting. 100 companion to lettuce and cabbage, and appreciates their seeds. Area 100-200. GB $2.25 shade as the season goes on. Just press seed onto soil and  Eclipta alba keep moist—needs light to germinate. 300 seeds. Area 35. C Eclipta TP/Height 8-35”/Spacing 18” $1.75 HEC-8110 Eclipta – Mo-han-lian, Bhringaraja. Annual. Cilantro (Coriander) Coriandrum sativum An important herb in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. The A/Height 12-18”/Spacing 5” Ayurvedic name, Bhringaraja, means Ruler of the Hair; it is  HCI-8060 Cilantro (Coriander, Chinese Parsley) reputed to restore thinning hair, prevent graying, and darken – Annual. Major flavor in Mexican and Chinese food. Adds hair. Rejuvenating and tonic, used also in liver and kidney fresh taste and zest to salsa, salads, beans, egg rolls and treatments. The whole plant is used. In the garden, eclipta is other dishes. Seeds are used as flavoring in cakes, catsup, reputed to destroy nematodes. 30 seeds. Area 50. C $2.75 sausage, stews, pickles, curry. One of the best beneficial  Inula helenium insect attractors. Plant in warm garden soil. Drought-resistant; Elecampane P zones 6-9/Height 8”/Spacing 18-36” doesnt like cold or wet. 125 seeds. Area 16. O $1.75 HEL-8120 Elecampane – Perennial. Striking 8” plant with Cnidium Cuminum cyminum golden flowers from the second year on. Roots are potent A/Height 3’/Spacing 6” antibacterial, both internally and externally for coughs, asthma, HCN-8065 Cnidium – In China, this herb, known as She chest infections, and skin problems. Plant shallowly in damp chuang, is used as a stimulant, aphrodisiac, and treatment for soil in spring, using pots or flats. Keep moist Plant out into impotence. Also used as a wash for fungal infections, Increases garden soil and dig roots second and following years. Dramatic nitric oxide levels in the blood, leading to better circulation and accent in perennial herb, berry, or rhubarb beds30 seeds. Area boosting energy. Used for skin problems and tonic. Sow in 50. C $2.75 place, on 6” centers or broadcast. Keep moist while germinating.  Oenothera biennis Related to carrots, so it will be similar to grow, though there is Evening Primrose HA/Height 12-18”/Spacing 6-8” no need to have stone-free soil, as it is the seed that is used, not the root. 100 seeds. Area 15 C $2.50 FEV-8710 Evening Primrose – Essential women’s herb, rich in estrogenic compounds and essential fatty acids. Used to treat PMS and discomforts of menopause. Leaves and root Cumin Cuminum cyminum are tasty, easy to grow medicinal foods, oil from seeds very A/Height 6-12”/Spacing 18” nutritious. Large yellow flowers open evenings. 200 seeds. HCU-8070 Cumin – The seeds of this annual herb are a key Area 30. C $1.95 ingredient in both Curry and Chili. Good in bean, vegetable, and cheese dishes. Needs four months of warmth, so plant  – see vegetables as soon as the ground is warm in good garden soil. Planting Fennel close together will help to support the heavy heads when they Fenugreek – see Cover Crops mature. Warming herb, soothes digestion. 70 seeds. Area 100. C $1.50

42 Feverfew Chrysanthemum parthenium Lovage Levisticum officinale P Zones 6-9/Height 1-3’/Spacing 10-15” P Zones 4-9/Height 5-6’/Spacing 36”  HFE-8150 Feverfew – Hardy perennial. Dainty plant with HLO-8240 Lovage – Ancient culinary and medicinal herb, lacy leaves and daisy flowers, fast-growing and often used sometimes used as a substitute for Dong Quai. Tall handsome in herb and flower beds, or as a beneficial insect attractor in perennial plant like a cross between celery and parsley in vegetable beds. Migraine preventative. Leaves eaten one or fragrance, looks, and uses, with an aromatic, sweet undertone. two a day, or made into a tincture or syrup. Easy to grow in Easy to grow in any deep, well-drained soil. Likes full sun, most any soil and conditions. Self-sows. 250 seeds. Area 70. re-seeds. Sow from spring to late-summer. Harvest leaves N $1.75 throughout the season for soups, gravies, salads, spaghetti sauce, meat. Dries well. 45 seeds. Area 100+. C $1.95 Horehound Marrubium vulgare P Zones 4-8/Height 2’/Spacing 9” Maralroot Leuzea Carthamoides HHO-8170 Horehound – This ancient perennial herb has had P Zones 2-7/Height 3-5’/Spacing 18-36” many uses, from flavoring candy to curing coughs and colds. HMA-8245 Maralroot – Siberian perennial that has strong Tolerates poor, dry soil, likes full sun and good drainage. An adaptogenic properties. Like Siberian ginseng in uses, but easy-care solution for problem areas, and you can make your easy to grow in gardens. Decades of Russian studies show own teas and cough drops! 150 that the root normalizes blood sugar, increases endurance seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 and reflexes, and improves memory and learning. Start in flats outdoors in early spring or leave in flats all winter for spring Hyssop (Bee germination. Plant out into deep, well-dug and composted soil. plant) Hyssopus officinalis Plants will produce long jagged leaves the first year and tall P Zones 3-9/Height 2’/Spacing thistle-like flowers the second. Dig two-year-old roots for use. 12” 20 seeds. Area 100. C $2.95 HHY-8180 Hyssop (Bee plant) Marshmallow Althea officinalis – Perennial. Compact dark green P Zones 4-9/Height 3-4’/Spacing 12-18” plant with deep blue flowers often – Same family as hollyhock, used for edging, low hedges, HMA-8250 Marshmallow similar pink flowers. 3-4’ hardy shrub likes full or partial sun, mazes. Leaves and flowers moist soil. Edible flowers good in salads, tea, lovely garnish. used in sauces, cough syrups, Medicinal: Roots soothe inflamed skin, stomach, mucous perfumes. Important in herbal treatment of asthma. Plant in membranes, teething. Easy to grow: sow spring or fall, keep warm soil in flats or pots. Prefers sun and good drainage, but is moist. Marshmallows were originally made from sugar boiled extremely adaptable and tough. One of the few perennial herbs with the root and whipped—a treat for sore throats. 50 seeds. that sprouts quickly and easily.160 seeds. Area 80. C $1.95 Area 50+. C $1.95 Lavender, Vera Lavandula officinalis  P Zones 5-9/Height 3’/Spacing 18” Mints  Mints like a fairly rich, moist (or even wet) soil. They will take HLA-8220 Lavender, Vera – Beloved, unique fragrance partial shade in hot climates. Slow to germinate. Sow in pot or from both leaves and flowers. Perennial to zone 5 with good flat when soil is warm, keep moist. Mints have a dense network drainage and shelter from wind. Leaves and flowers used in of shallow, invasive roots—a 10” deep barrier is needed to sachets, potpourri, and cooking. Medicinal uses range from control them. Planting in a tub set in a tray of water works headaches and depression to insect repellent. Great in a well. relaxing bath. Germination is slow—give it warm very well drained soil and be patient. 200 seeds. Area 100. GB $1.95 HMI-8330 Pennyroyal (English) Mentha pulegium BGE-1400 Weaving A Lavender Wand P Zones 6-9/Height 6-12’’/Spacing 6”Creeping perennial with strong minty fragrance, said to repel mosquitoes, ants, fleas, Carol Cox, 1993, 4 pp, $1.50 and moths. Makes a great low edging plant along walks or Carol teaches workshop participants to make these traditional walls, driveways. Good for pet beds to repel fleas. CAUTION: scented wands. They make wonderful gifts. avoid if pregnant. 600 seeds. Area 75. E $1.95 Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis HMI-8280 Peppermint Mentha piperita P Zones 4-9/Height 2-3’/Spacing 12” P Zones 4-9/Height 30’’/Spacing 12”  HLE-8200 Lemon Balm – Tasty and relaXing tea is True peppermint is propagated by plants; this is a very similar many people’s favorite. Tolerates poor soil as long as it is sunny. wild cousin from the Alps. Leaves and flowers make great- Drought tolerant. Plant after last frost. Self-sows. Leaves used tasting, stomach-settling tea. 800 seeds. Area 250. E $1.95 for tea with aromatic lemon flavor. Anti-viral, sedative, anti- HMI-8290 Spearmint Mentha spicata depressant, helps headaches. 320 seeds. Area 100. O $1.95 P Zones 4-9/Height 2-3’/Spacing 15” Licorice Mint Agastache foeniculum Delicious flavor. Handsome fragrant ground cover for a damp Zones 5-9 P/Height up to 4’ spot. Used in sauces, jellies, tea, drinks, candied. 800 seeds.  HAN-7905 Anise Hyssop – 75-80 days. Also called Area 500. E $1.95 licorice mint, but not invasive like true mints. Many uses: young Milk Thistle Silybum marianum leaves in salad, leaves in teas, spikes of lavender flowers attract A,B/Height 40-54”/Spacing 24-36” butterflies and beneficial insects. Popular edible landscape  plant, tall, strong stems crowned with profuse flowers. . 150 HMI-8270 Milk Thistle – Annual. Large, glossy, spined seeds. Area 100. O $1.95 plant with intricate white pattern on the leaves. Solitary 2” purple flowers. All parts are edible. Medicinal: spring tonic, increases mothers’ milk, anti-depressant. Seeds detoxify the liver, and even help renew its cells. Plant early spring in any sunny soil. Harvest seeds promptly—self-sows. 50 seeds. O Area 100. B $1.95

43 Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis P/Height 18-24”/Spacing 12” P Zones 6-10/Height 4’/Spacing 18-24”  HME-8260 Meadowsweet – Perennial. Very hard to find HRO-8340 Rosemary – Perennial in milder climate zones. seed,very useful herb. Aspirin is a synthetic version of one of One of the most useful of all herbs. Drought-tolerant, endures meadowsweet’s pain-relieving anti-inflammatory compounds, hot sun, but needs a well-drained soil with lime. Seed very useful for arthritis. Unlike aspirin, meadowsweet de- germination is rather slow. Wonderful in almost any cooked acidifies the system and soothes the stomach. The lobed and dish, but especially on roasted meats and potatoes. A sprig frilled leaves and clusters of creamy flowers are both sweetly or two in a bottle of olive oil or vinegar is an easy way to add scented, and were used for strewing on floors to perfume the savor to meals, and a fine gift. Aromatic leaves valued for room with a distinctive scent like honey and almonds. A sacred potpourri, baths, herb wreaths. Medicinal: circulation, anti- herbs of the Druids, used to flavor mead. Makes a great tea or aging, restorative, memory. 45 seeds. Area 50-100. C $1.95 cordial. Easy to grow in moist soil, but seed doesn’t stay fresh long; plant soon. 100 seeds. O $1.95 Sage HSA-8350 Culinary Sage Salvia officinalis Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum pilosum P Zones 4-9/Height 2’/Spacing 18” P Zones 5-8/Height 24-36”/Spacing 12” 90-120 days. Perennial with soft, gray-green leaves and violet HMO-8305 Mountain Mint – Hardy perennial wildflower with flowers, a classic seasoning in food and ancient preventative loads of fresh mint aroma, without the invasive roots of mint. medicine, also makes nice wreaths and dried bouquets. Compact, good-looking landscape plant with spikes of pale Handsome all year—hardy to 0° F given good drainage and lavender flowers that butterflies love. This drought-tolerant winter mulch. Likes full sun, drought tolerant once established. native plant thrives in difficult soils, even compacted clay! ( Said to deter pests in the garden and make an effective though you will want to start the seeds off in good garden soil mouthwash to prevent gum disease. 100 seeds. Area 100. C or mix.) Sow in flats or nursery bed in early spring, as cold $1.50 improves germination, and plant out in sun or partial shade.  100 seeds. Area 60 C $2.50 HSA-8360 White Sage Salvia apiana P/Height 2-5’/Spacing 2’ Navajo Tea Thelesperma gracile 90-120 days. Indigenous sage used ceremonially by native P zones 7-10/Height 24”/Spacing 12” people, tied into bundles and burned as incense “smudge HNA-8315 Navajo Tea – Similar to the Kookooau tea of Hawaii, sticks”. Likes a well-drained, dry, sunny spot. Perennial in and the Chinese Gur-zhen-cao, this native of the Southwestern zones 7 and above, grown as annual where winters are cold. US makes an aromatic tea, high in beneficial flavinoids. A Gray-white foliage and white or pale blue flowers. 100 seeds. traditional cure for stomach and urinary problems, headaches. Area 100. O $2.25 Yellow flowers like single marigolds on open plants to two feet. Butterfly and beneficial insect attractor. Sow in flats in spring; Spilanthes Spilanthes acmella germination should take about 3 weeks. Full sun, well-drained TP/Height 6”/Spacing 6” garden soil. 30 seeds. Area 15. C $2.95  HSP-8365 Spilanthes, Toothache Plant – Easy to grow, immune-enhancing tonic, dentifrice, anesthetic. Chewing Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica on a leaf or bud causes a tingling in the mouth, used in small P Zones 3-10/Height 4-6’/Spacing 24” amounts to give interest to salads and cold drinks, and in larger HST-8420 Stinging Nettle – Perennial. Prefers moist soil quantities to kill pain. Also used for candida. Low, spreading and part sun. Leaves and stems irritate skin when touched; plants bear yellow button flowers with bright red centers. Nice drying, cooking, or even just wilting will remove the sting. One for edging herb and vegetable beds or in a pot. 30 seeds. Area of the best and most nutritious cooked greens when young. 3. N $2.00 Dried leaves make a tea or soup stock very high in iron and vitamins—fed to racehorses for stamina. Develops strong Stevia Stevia rebaudiana root systems with network of creeping rootstocks, medicinal TP/Height 2-3’/Spacing 24” for prostate problems. Tonic and detoxifying herb good for  HST-8375 Stevia – The leaves of this plant can be dried arthritis, anemia, fatigue, rebuilding health. 100 seeds. Area and powdered for use as an herbal sugar substitute...10-16 150. C $1.75 times sweeter than sugar without the calories. From South America, it needs mild temperatures between 80° and 45° F. Oregano Origanum vulgare hirtum In cold-winter areas, it should be grown as a potted plant that P Zones 4-9/Height 2’/Spacing 18-24” can be taken indoors when the weather changes. 20 seeds. HOR-8310 Oregano – Greek oregano. The “pizza herb,” Area 65. N $3.25 classic in tomato and Italian dishes. Perennial that grows in BFO-1755 Growing and Using Stevia – The Sweet Leaf any well-drained soil in full sun. Plant spring to mid-summer. from Garden to Table. Complete instructions for growing, one of the best herbs for ground-cover in landscaping. Good harvesting, and storing stevia plus twenty recipes using green in containers—spills gracefully over the edges, with unusual stevia powder or whole leaf. Green stevia has a distinctive chains of bracts, and many small white flowers that attract taste, so it will not work in just any recipe ...the authors have beneficial insects. Also nice dried, in wreaths and bouquets. not only grown stevia successfully, but also have spent years 600 seeds. Area 700+. C $1.95 perfecting these recipes for drinks, desserts, pies, rolls, custard and more. $10.00 Savory Satureja spp. A/Height 18’’/Spacing 6” HSA-8380 Savory – Summer Savory – Satureja hortensis. Said to be an aphrodisiac, this annual is easily grown from seed. Faster growing than most herbs. Light soil, full sun and average watering. Makes a delightful tea. Adds “savor” to any main dish, vegetable or soup. Cooked with beans to add flavor and reduce flatulence. 150 seeds. Area 25. C $1.75

44 Self-Heal Prunella vulgaris Wormwood Artemisia absinthium P Zones 4-9/Height 8-16”/Spacing 8” P Zones 3-9/Height 3-5’/Spacing 12-24”  HSE-8390 Self-Heal – This has a long tradition as a HWO-8480 Wormwood – A tall drought-tolerant perennial wound-healing herb all over the world. Has been used to stop with lacy gray leaves, striking in the garden or in bouquets. bleeding, close wounds, as a throat gargle, for hemorrhoids, Excellent with deep-rooted shrubs like roses or around the coughs and colds. Robust low ground-cover with sandpaper edges of the garden, since it repels insects, deer, and burrowing leaves, copper-purple flowers. 50 seeds. O $2.25 animals like gophers, but contains a growth inhibitor that can stunt vegetables. Easy to grow from seed, accepts most soils, Shungiku Chrysanthemum and needs little care once established. Start in flats in spring. A/Height 3-5’/Spacing 24-36” Medicinal: digestive tonic, anti-parasitic. Source of the now- HSH-8400 Shungiku – 35-80 Ju Hua. An edible outlawed liqueur absinthe.1000 seeds. Area 200+. C $1.75 chrysanthemum that is a major cooking and tea herb in Asia. Important in sukiyaki, stir-fry, soup. Medicinal: Flower petals Yarrow Achillea millfolium excellent for eye problems, helping the heart rhythm, antiseptic, HYA-8475 Yarrow – Ancient healing herb, used by many skin, headaches. 100 seeds. Area 100-200. C $1.95 cultures worldwide for stopping bleeding, healing wounds, breaking fevers, and helping headaches, colds, and flu. A Skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora handful of leaves in the bath soak out aches and pains. Excellent P Zones 3-9/Height 1-2’/Spacing 8” butterly and beneficial insect plant, with big flat clusters of small HSK-8410 Skullcap – North American rhizomatous perennial flowers—the shape butterflies prefer for landing and nectar- to 2’, with spires of pink-to-blue tubular flowers. Tolerates semi- gathering. forms a mat of roots and lacy leaves that holds shade. Sow in spring. Medicinal: Prized as the nerve tonic that soil and allows moisture to penetrate; good for sloped beds has the “deepest” action on the nervous system, nourishing the and edges of perennial plantings. also makes a good low soil- nerves, and calming anxiety. Contains scutellarin, a sedative holding understory for spring bulbs, before the yarrow sends and antispasmodic. 100 seeds. C $2.50 up flowerstalks. 1000 seeds. Area 200+ C $1.50 Sweet Cicely Myrrhis odorata P Zones 4-9/Height 3-5’/Spacing 36” HSW-8430 Sweet Cicely – Thick-rooted perennial with fern- like leaves and umbels of lacy white flowers, favored as an ornamental plant. Likes rich, moist, and shady soil—a forest plant. All parts of the plant are edible, with a sweet licorice flavor, good in herbal teas. Stems or roots are often candied or added to fruit pies (especially rhubarb) to add sweetness without sugar. Slow germinator - put in a pot and keep moist; best to overwinter in a pot for sprouting in the spring. 10 seeds. Area 20. C $2.75 Thyme Thymus vulgaris P Zones 5-9/Height 6-12”/Spacing 6” HTH-8450 Thyme – 100 days. Evergreen perennial that enjoys a light, rich soil, good drainage, lime, and full sun. Good in rock walls or pots. Start in pots or flats in spring, keep warm. Needs periodic weeding. Mulch in severe weather, water if very hot and dry. Used to season nearly everything, both fresh and dried. Masses of tiny nectar-filled flowers attract beneficial insects. Medicinal: anti-aging, antiseptic, coughs, muscle aches. 1000 seeds. Area 80. C $1.95 Vervain Verbena officinalis P Zones 5-9/Height 20-24”/Spacing 8-12” HVE-8460 Vervain – “Vervain” means “sacred bough”: it was one of the sacred herbs of the Druids. A perennial with tall thin wands of lavender flowers from a carpet of dense evergreen Last Minute additions: leaves. Easiest to grow of perennial herbs, sprouting with no special care, though it takes 2-3 weeks. Sun-loving, drought- Sweet Marjoram Origanum majorana resistant, adaptable, with spreading roots that hold and protect PA zones 5-9/A zones 2-4/Height 1’/Spacing 8” the soil. Medicinal: Restorative for nervous system, digestion, HMA–8248 – Related to oregano, with similar leaves and convalescence, menopause, and headaches. 300 seeds. Area size, but much sweeter more complex flavor, and enchanting 50. C $1.95 fragrance.. Easy to grow and deer-proof —good for containers, along walks, among vegetables. Drought-resistant, even when Valerian Valeriana officinalis young—don’t over-water. 300 seeds Area 100 C $$1.95 P zones 3-9/Height 24’’/Spacing 18” HVA-8470 Valerian – Garden Heliotrope – Cat’s Valerian. Old- time favorite in the garden. Perennial, bearing branched heads Mullein Verbascum thapsus of small flowers in summer. Very hardy - sow in spring or fall P zones 3-11/ Height to 6 ft/ spacing 18” in any well-drained soil in sun or part shade. Low germination, HMU-8318 Mullein – Indispensable herb for coughs and chest so start in flats. Leaves make the most tension relieving bath complaints. Ingredient of many herbal smoking mixtures for that of all. Medicinal: Roots are perhaps the most effective herbal reason. Dramatic plant is beautiful in the landscape. Rosette tranquilizer of all for both humans and small animals. Has low of very large silvery gray fuzzy leaves sprouts a towering stalk interaction with other drugs. 50 seeds. Area 50. C $1.95 of yellow flowers the second year. Grows in any well-drained soil, even sand and gravel. Drought resistant and deer-proof. Visnaga - see Ammi in the flower section Easy to grow. 200 seeds. Area 100-200. C $1.95

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We offer a range of flowers which are easy to grow from  Lobularia maritima seed. It is best to start flowers off in flats - annual weeds Alyssum can swamp seedlings as they first emerge. Some flowers HA/Height 6”/Spacing 4” listed elsewhere in this catalog are: Vegetables: runner FAL-8654 Alyssum – Beloved for its sweet honey scent, this beans, okra, arugula; Herbs: anise hyssop, evening easy, fast bloomer is one of the best attractors of beneficial primrose, meadowsweet, vervain, borage, echinacea insects and butterflies. Tiny insect predators that protect the (coneflower), valerian, feverfew, lavender; Cover Crops: garden from chewing insects need small, nectar-rich flowers, vetch, lupine, crimson clover; Grains: amaranth, quinoa. and sweet alyssum is a favorite. Perfect for cascading down walls or containers, as a low edging (esp. with cabbage family), Special Purpose Wildflower Mixes or as a carpet under tall, relatively open plants like onions, FSP-8600 Beneficial Insect Mix – 45-90 days. Flowers garlic, orach, pole beans, podding radish and sunflowers. especially chosen to provide homes and nectar for the tiny Succession-sow, spring to fall. 200 seeds. Area 20. C $2.00 insects that prey on vegetable pests. Recommended for use as a border around the garden or between beds. Works best Baby-Blue-Eyes Nemophila mentziesii if it’s planted a few weeks before the rest of the garden in a A/Height 6”/Spacing 6” weed-free, prepared bed; first blossoms will appear in 45- FBA-8655 Baby-Blue-Eyes – The 90 days. Many colors, primarily yellow, blue, white. Includes gorgeous sky blue of forget-me- some perennials. Area 500. C $5.30 nots, but with flowers five to ten FSP-8610 Butterfly Mix – 50-95 days. Just add water to this times as big, no mildew problems, mix and you will have butterflies ...well, it’s not quite that simple, and flowers the first year from but you should get butterflies! A mix of flowers that butterflies seed. Quick spring bloomer, very love to feed on. Plant in weed-free, prepared bed. A mix of easy to grow; just scatter seed in many colors. One packet plants 500 square feet. C $5.30 place if desired, or start in flats for FSP-8630 Hummingbird Mix – Flowers that hummingbirds transplanting to vegetable beds, love to feed on, in their favorite colors of reds, purples, pinks, hanging baskets, pots. Low-growing and lavenders. A simple way to keep cats from breaking down plants make a spectacular carpet the plants in chase of hummers is to scatter short pieces of under tall shrubs, around bulbs, thorny twigs on the ground immediately after planting. One cascading down walls. Shear back for rebloom, or interplant packet plants 500 square feet. C $5.55 with a heat-lover for later (like marigolds). Great results with FSP-8650 Super Low-Growing – 45-100 days. A mix created little effort. Area 20. C $2.00 especially for urban or suburban settings. All plants are only Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta 6-8” tall. When mature, the plants form a dense, low- growing P Zones 4-9/Height 24”-36”/Spacing 12” ground cover with a uniform texture that will survive with minimal – Big golden daisies with black care. Annual fall mowing or trimming is suggested. A mix of FBL-8656 Black-Eyed Susan to brown centers. This American native is beloved all over the 22 annual and perennial wildflowers and herbs which exhibit world for its unique flowers and long season of bloom. Attracts a wide range of colors and blooming periods. A beautiful lawn beneficial pest-fighting insects and native butterflies as well. substitute. One packet plants 250 square feet. C $5.55 Perennial and very low-maintenance once established. Start in FSP-8642 Water-Saving Flower Mix (West)—45-90 days. In flats in late spring. 200 seeds. Area 125. C $2.00. large areas of our country, water is being depleted faster than it can be replaced. These flower mixes are designed to provide Butterfly Flower Asclepias tuberosa gorgeous swathes of color, draw beneficial insects, restore P Zones 4-9/Height 24”/Spacing 12” native plant/pollinator webs, and use little or no irrigation. FBU-8658 Butterfly Weed – Favorite food source for monarch (Save the water for your vegetables.) Use this mix for areas butterflies, and a beautiful flower for the garden. Attracts west of a line running from the Minnesota/Dakotas border to beneficial pest-fighting insects as well. Nice cut flower. East Texas. Plants 250 square feet. C $5.55 Remember that monarch butterflies start out as caterpillars FSP-8645 Water-Saving Flower Mix (East) For the same with narrow black white and green, vertical stripes. They will uses, but designed for areas east of the above. Plants 400 stay on the butterfly weed and turn into glorious butterflies. 30 square feet. C $5.55 seeds. Area 20. C $2.00 Ammi, Laceflower, Bishopweed Ammi visnaga Calendula Calendula officinalis P Zones 5-9/Height 3’/Spacing 10” HA, P zones 9,10/Height 18-24”/Spacing 12” FAM-8656 Green Mist – Visnaga, Khella. Delicate lacy Edible 3” double daisy-like blooms in hot colors. Likes cool flowers, long-lasting bouquets, medicinal herb, and beneficial weather, and will bloom through frost to 20 degrees. Quick and insect attractor—this one has it all. Long grown in India for easy color scattered among vegetables. For a true cottage its powerful action against kidney stones, asthma, and heart garden classic, combine with cornflowers in a bed of salad problems, and in Spain to fight tooth decay, Ammi is now greens, then scatter the petals like confetti in the salad. Adds widely grown for its ethereal cloud of flowers. Gardeners have color to soups, desserts, cheeses, veggie plates. Medicinal: found it tough, easy to grow, and a long-lasting attractor of skin ointments, anti-oxidant. pest-fighting insects. Lacy leaves don’t get in the way of other crops, so it’s easy to set transplants among crops bothered by FCA-8670 Pacific Beauty Mix – One of the best traditional chewing insects. Late bloomer. Mix with alyssum and fennel mixes. Creamy yellow through deep orange. 80 seeds. Area for all season protection. 50 seeds. Area 30. C $2.00 25. C $1.50

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46 Coreopsis Coreopsis tintoria Love-in-a-Mist Nigella damascena A/Height 18”-36”/Spacing 6-12” HA/Height 12-18”/Spacing 6-8” FCO-8685 Annual Coreopsis – Bright color all summer on  FLO-8750 Research Garden Special Strain – 65 days. strong upright lacy plants. Masses of golden flowers with a red Easy spring bloomer has mixed, bright colors, surrounded by to maroon ring around the center. Very easy from seed, and the mist of the fine-cut airy foliage. Balloon-like pods which often self-sows year after year. There is variation among the follow are loved by children for popping, and by flower arrangers flowers (how much red, how much yellow, how wide, etc) so by as an everlasting. Easily grown on most well-drained soils. saving seed from your favorites you can have your own variety Prefers cool weather; tuck in a few with the peas and lettuce. in a very few seasons. Fun easy bloomer in sun. 80 seeds. 300 seeds. Area 25-50. GB $1.95 Area 25. C $1.50 Cornflower,Bachelor’s Button Centaurea cyanus A/Height 2-3’/Spacing 6-12” FCO-8690 Double Blue – Truest blue of all, on strong upright plants. Quick and easy edible flower at home among vegetables or in problem areas of the yard. For continuous bloom, succession-sow like lettuce (starting early spring) and keep picking the flowers. Great cake decoration, garnish, salad ingredient, or scatter the petals like confetti on food. Pair with nasturtium, CA poppy, or calendula for a great spring display. 80 seeds. Area 25. C $1.50 Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus A/Height 2-3’/Spacing 12-18” FCO-8700 Sensation Mixed – 80 days. Sensation Mixed – Lovely 4” single flowers with a yellow center and wide pink,  white, or magenta petals on tall, airy plants. Feathery delicate Mexican Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia leaves. Ideal for cutting. Easily grown in average soil once the HP/Height 2’/Spacing 12” soil has warmed. 4 to 5-foot plants make a beautiful summer FME-8780 Torch – 100-120 days. Brilliant scarlet-orange background, or screen. 80 seeds. Area 25-80. C $1.75 3-4” flower really catches the eye at the end of the season when other plants look shabby. Grows to a bushy 48” tall with Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum velvety-green leaves. Thrives in full sun; heat and drought P zones 3-10/Height 12”-24”/Spacing 10” tolerant. Prefers soil that is on the poor side. Perfect for cutting, FDA-8710 Oxeye Daisy – A classic that looks cheerful and as annual hedge, or with long-season vegetables. 30 seeds. turns out to have unexpected uses. This variety doesn’t have Area 40. $1.95 tall floppy foliage like shasta daisies, just a compact cushion  of evergreen foliage that is a great soil protector and erosion Marigold Tagetes spp. preventer. Daisies are another beneficial insect plant, and A/Height 6-24”/Spacing 8-12” provide a nice “platform” for butterflies to rest and sip nectar. FMA-8770 French, Sparky Tagetes patula Easy, disease-resistant, and reblooms all summer if kept 60 days. Insecticidal type - The best variety for insect control. picked. Try it mixed with cornflowers and poppies for spring Pretty compact plants ideal for inter-planting. Orange and bouquets.1000 seeds. Area 100+. C $1.75 maroon blossoms. 160 seeds. Area 25-50. C $1.95 FMA-8775 Lemon Gem Tagetes signata Hollyhock Alcea rosea. 60 days. Quick and easy citrus-scented edible flower for P Zones 3-10/Height 48-72”/Spacing garnish, salads, soups, etc. Small mounded plants are covered 24” with hundreds of bite-size flowers. Citrus-scented foliage and flowers are refreshing in pots or near seating areas; may repel – Dramatic FHO-8740 Indian Spring biting pests. Nectar plant for butterflies and beneficial insects. spires of old-fashioned flowers to 8 Great edging for vegetable beds. 50 seeds. Area 15. C $2.00 feet in full sun. Classic along a fence or as a summer screen, now finding Morning Glory Ipomea spp new uses as an edible flower. Single HA/Height 8’/Spacing 6-8” and semi-double flowers in pinks to FMO-8790 Heavenly Blue – 110 days. Showy flowers are purple bloom the first season in mild funnel shaped and bright blue. Annual 6-12 foot climbing vines areas (or started indoors 8 weeks that grow in any soil. Heart shaped leaves provide summer before last frost), 2nd year in the shade, screen unsightly areas, make fences and banks come north. Start in warm well-drained alive. Try them climbing up sunflowers or zinnias, too. 70 soil. Needs moisture, fertility, and good air circulation for strong seeds. Area 50. C $1.50 growth. (By the compost pile might be ideal.) Nice focal point in a garden. 60 seeds. C $1.75  Johnny-Jump-Up Viola tricolor Pyrethrum Chrysanthemum coccinum P,A/Height 5-7”/Spacing 5” P Zones 4-9/Height 2’/Spacing 12” – Bushy perennial with flowers FHE-8720 Johnny-Jump-Up – 65 days. Charming edible FPY-8850 Single Mixed flower grows in any little nook—amongst vegetables, in containing a powerful insecticide. Bright, daisy-like flowers in pots. Use leaves, flowers, or sprigs in salad or garnish. The solid colors, finely-divided, bright-green leaves. Excellent for yellow, purple, and lavender flowers can be seen in medieval cutting or drying. Likes sun and heat. Sow shallowly in spring, manuscripts, symbolizing romantic love. Herbal uses include keep watered until established. 100 seeds. Area 40. E $2.25 colds, heart, and skin problems. A favorite with children due to its edible flowers, size, fast growth, and “happy face” flowers. 40 seeds. Area 5. C $2.25

47 Poppy A/Height 18-36”Spacing 12” Many species, kinds, and colors, but all will bloom quickly from a planting in very early spring. Sow in place, covering very lightly, and thin to 6” if necessary. All have flowers of silky texture and rich color on long stems, and handsome, divided foliage. FPO-8830 California Poppy Eschscholzia californica 60 days. Rich golden satiny flowers 2”wide, and silvery, fernlike leaves on 8-24” plants. Tolerates light frost and drought, blooms all summer with minimal water. Non-narcotic sedative, tea for coughs. 1000 seeds. Area 600. C $1.75 FPO-8840 Corn Poppy, Flanders Field Papever rhoeas 50 days. Big, bright red single flowers are easy to grow, bloom quickly, and take little space scattered among other plants. Good early butterfly plant; petals add color to tea and salad.  Tropaeolum spp. Nasturtium 500 seeds. Area 300. C $1.75 Edible flowers and foliage in a glorious mix of yellows, oranges, reds, and bicolors. Easy to grow, beautiful at the corners of FPO-8845 Breadseed Poppy Papever somniferum vegetable beds, in containers, window boxes, or any difficult A beautiful big flower that also yields an amazing number of situation. Likes a little shade in hot summer areas, including seeds for breads, cakes, muffins, and other dishes. Smooth the shade of taller flowers or vegetables. Plant outside around gray scalloped leaves, pink/purple/red flowers and big the last frost date, cover well. Adaptable. decorative seedheads. Sow in early spring, harvest in summer. FNA-8800 Mixed Dwarf – 55-65 days. Compact plants with 300 seeds. Area 200. C $2.00 dark foliage and an assortment of bright colors. 35 seeds. FPO-8848 Welsh Poppy Meconopsis cambrica Area 5. C $1.75 A real find for problem areas, this poppy provides color in shade. FNA-8810 Tall Mixed Single, Trailing – 55-65 days. Grows among wet rocks in the wild, or on regular garden soil. Spectacular at the top of a retaining wall or bank, on balconies Nice for color on the north side of a house. Bright yellow silky and window boxes, even as ground cover. Tie to a trellis, or blooms 2” across. 300 seeds. Area 200. C $2.00 plant at the base of shrubs or trees. 35 seeds. Area 10. C MPO-6470 Poppy Mix $1.95 All of the above, for a meadow of bright color in late spring. 300 Sunflower Helianthus annuus seeds. Area 200. C $2.00 A/Height 6’/Spacing 24” FSU-8875 Ornamental Mix – All colors, sizes, and types Zinnia Zinnia elegans for a spectacular show from July til frost. Screen unsightly B/Height 24-36’’/Spacing 8” views, cover a fence, make a boundary, give your garden a background, attract birds, or plant them in a ring for the best Big, easy to grow, brightly colored flowers in reds, pinks, kids’ playhouse ever! Many hot colors, solid and striped. 40 oranges and some yellows, that make good long-lasting cut seeds. Area 160. C $1.75 flowers. Need sun, heat and rich, moist soil—some folks plant them with corn to decorate the ends of the beds. Nice cash Sweet Pea Lathyrus spp. crop for farmers markets. HA/Height 8’/Spacing 6” FSW-8890 Fragrant Mix – 85 days. Annual vines love cool  FZI-8910 California Giant – 80-90 days. 2-3 feet tall, spring weather and produce lots of bonnet-shaped flowers in large double flowers in a range of colors. 100 seeds. Area 15. shades of pink, red, maroon, lavender, deep lilac, mid-blue, O $1.75 pure white. Just a few stems will fill a room with their wonderful old-fashioned scent. Vigorous vines climb banks, poles, and screens. Plant outdoors 6 weeks before last frost in rich well- drained soil, keep moist, pinch once when 8” tall to encourage branching. Mulch well to keep soil moist and cool. Cutting prolongs bloom. Not edible. 25 seeds. Area 25. C $1.75 Sweet Rocket Hesperis matronalis B/Height 24-36’’/Spacing 8” FSW-8900 Sweet Rocket, Dame’s Violet – Biennial— perennial in cool climates. Very easy and showy bloomer in shade, with branching sprays of lilac or white edible flowers (reputedly aphrodisiac) that become very fragrant at dusk— nice by windows and patios, or in a vase. Cutting will prolong bloom. Looks much like a phlox, without the disease problems. Makes a rosette of dark green, edible leaves which winters over and blooms the next spring. Will live for several years given adequate summer moisture, and often self-sows. One of the few flowers that will do well among tree roots or under shrubs. Long taproot and evergreen leaves hold soil. 50 seeds. Area 15. C $2.25

48 Books We carry a careful selection of what we think are the best books The New Self-Sufficient Gardener for healthy natural living, including some that Amazon or Barnes John Seymour, 2008, 256 pp & Noble do not have. While our orientation is towards sustainable The first edition was prized by many, but this edi- organic gardening, we also carry fine books on food storage and tion is better! Well written, well illustrated and processing, self-sufficiency, solar, and food security. with a dash of humor - a wonderful book for the new and experienced gardener alike. Practical, Our Ecology Action books and pamphlets thoroughly cover our inexpensive, and useful suggestions for some- GROW BIOINTENSIVE ® and biointensive methods of sustain- body as small-scale as a container gardener all able organic gardening with increased yields while building up the the way up to a 25-acre farmer. The book covers soil. For more information on sustainable gardening see page XX. everything even remotely gardening related. Recommended tool Some of our materials have been translated into other languages shed & contents, how to raise rabbits or chickens, how to make (especially Spanish) - go to www.growbiointensive.org . Several wines, and on & on. BGE-1305 – 19.95 DVDs demonstrate our method and what it offers to agriculture around the world - see page 56. The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food Growing Vegetables Tanya L.K Denckla, 2003, 485 pp. Tanya has gathered together the facts on growing 765 vegetables, How to Grow More fruits, nuts and herbs. Includes concise information on germina- Vegetables tion, insect control, companion planting, harvesting, storage and (and fruit, nuts, berries, grains more. The book began with a database on her home computer and other crops) than you ever and grew into a book when a friend asked for a copy. A good, thought possible on less land quick reference for a gardener with a packet of seeds in one hand, than you can imagine a spade in the other, muddy shoes and a need for some answers John Jeavons, 7th edition, 2006, 288 pp fast! BGE-1310 – $24.95 Foreword by Alice Waters. This book is revolutionizing sustainable Four-Season Harvest food production around the world, and in Eliot Coleman, rev. ed. 1999, 242 pp our backyard gardens. Yes, it is possible Elliot Coleman has fresh green vegetables from his garden all to grow fresh vegetables for a family of four on the front lawn! winter, in Maine. This is how he does it, without expensive heat- Every gardener’s guidebook to healthier and more beautiful gar- ing, but with many ingenious homemade solutions and careful dens, proven effective in all types of garden conditions. A major selection of crops and planting methods. On a trip to southern revision. See full description on page 62. France, he realized that Maine is at the same latitude. This sent him on a search for ways to grow plants year round, and Euro- BEA-0300 Perfect Bound – $19.95 pean crops bred for that purpose. Full of ideas, plans and great BEA-0300 Spiral Bound – $21.95 – color pictures so you can do it too. BGE-1230 – $24.95 Holds up better to heavy use, opens flat for charts Salad Leaves for All Seasons: The Sustainable Vegetable Organic Growing From Pot to Plot Garden: Charles Dowding, 2008, 234 pp The Backyard Guide To Higher Salad leaves are one of the quickest and easiest vegetables you Yields and Healthy Soil can grow. Plants that are well looked after will provide long suc- John Jeavons & Carol Cox, revised cessions of harvests without having to repeatedly sow or plant 1999, 118 pp again. Continually cropping the same plants can give them a A simpler, more basic version of How surprisingly long life. You can achieve impressive productivity in to Grow More Vegetables, based on a small spaces and containers. Using covered spaces you can ex- simple garden plan. Formerly titled Lazy tend the season of growth, ensuring a steady supply of leaves for Bed Gardening, this book combines the much of the winter and early spring. BGE-1227 – $22.00 key information from How to Grow More Vegetables... and Book- lets #14 and #26 into a new understanding of how to grow all your The Holistic Garden own food in the backyard, while improving the health of your soil. Clinton R Kraft, 1995, 60 pp See full description on page 62. This small homemade-style book is written by an avid gardener BEA-0310 – $12.95 who has read our Ecology Action publications and put them to use in his own garden. What intrigues me about this one is that he concentrates on the most nutritious plants, rather than on the The Vegetable Gardeners usual popular ones. He shares his own experiences with crops Guide Poster chosen for their hardiness, nutrition, and contribution to the soil. Bill and Betsy Bruneau, 1992, 24” H Reading this is like having a conversation with a neighbor who is x 36” W really turned on about feeding both himself and the earth from his Basic gardening information at a own garden. BGE-1330 – $5.95 glance right on your wall. An easy- to-read wall chart that tells where, when, and how to start nearly all Buffalo Bird Woman’s Garden garden vegetables. Bill and Betsy Bruneau, this catalog’s manag- As told to Gilbert Wilson, 1917, 129 pp ers, have included site selection, spacing, water needs, specific Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa, was born in 1839. An expert gar- cultivation information, companions, when to harvest and much dener, she shared her traditional Native American ways in this more. Fully laminated in plastic for long life in the potting shed. book, first published in 1917. Includes planting and harvest tradi- Poster runs horizontally so that it is actually easy to read. Illustra- tions, ceremonies, songs, and recipes, focusing on the traditional tions of classic vegetables. BGE-1220 – $9.95 crops; corn, squash, beans, sunflowers, and tobacco. BGE-1550 – $11.95

49 Zen of Gardening in the High and Arid West Homegrown Whole Grains NEW! David Wann, 2003, 219 pp Sara Pitzer, 2009, 168 pp. We get a lot of questions from gardeners in the high dry western Growing whole grains is simpler and more rewarding than most mountains, and this book has the answers. John Jeavons has people imagine. With only 1000 square feet of land, you can grow a quote on the back, “This book contains a wealth of gardening 50 pounds of wheat, which can then be baked into 50 loaves of information — not just for the region for which it is written, but for fresh bread. Complete growing, harvesting, threshing, grinding, gardeners everywhere. filled with an immense number of tips, and storing instructions. Also recipes for cooking with the most this inspiring guide includes a diverse number of topics — from popular whole grains: wheat, corn, barley, millet, oats, rice, rye, fruit trees to Gandhi and politics, building soil to drying flowers, spelt, and quinoa. BGE-1324 – $14.95 biologically intensive practices, season extenders, lowering energy bills with horticulture, flowering bulbs, water conservation See our grains seed section in Seeds - page 36 and more. A great buy!” BGE-1335 – $17.95 Pathways To Abundant Gardens Herbs A Pictorial Guide to Successful Organic Growing Craig R Elevitch, 2007, 114 pp Herbal Remedies NEW! A great book! Shows real-world people enjoying an abundance Andrew Chevallier, 2007, 288 pp. of food, of health, of friendship, and of fun in their gardens, and A supremely useful and beautifully illustrated telling us how they do it. So many books make gardening seem book. Our favorite herbalist, Chevallier goes be- like a chore to be gotten through, or a virtuous but dull enterprise yond herbs to all plants that are medicinals, in- done by one lonely individual. Not this one—it shows the commu- cluding surprising foods like chickweed, celery, nity of friends and neighbors that has grown up around each of chocolate, and pumpkin seeds. All world medici- these gardens, and you can see they’re having a great time grow- nals are represented - many adaptable to most ing, eating, and marketing fresh food. Lots of pictures, useful text, gardens. Incredibly useful section on “Common reasonably priced - not just fluff. BGE-1700 – $15.00 Health Problems”. BGE-1452 – $19.95

The Bountiful Container A Kid’s Herb Book (for Children of R M Nichols McGee and M Stuckey, 2002, 431 pp All Ages) With a few exceptions, everything edible that’s grown in the David Wann, 2003, 219 pp ground can be successfully raised in a container. This is the book This unique and clever book is a creative blend of practical infor- for folks without garden space, or whose physical challenges mation, projects, activities, preparations, color-in artwork, stories, make container gardening the best option. Covers vegetables, lore, interesting herbal tidbits, and original songs about herbs. It herbs, fruit, and edible flowers, with information on what kinds of describes seventeen commonly used herbs that are especially containers to use, soil mixes, plant combinations, and recipes. good for children’s ailments, easily grown or obtained. Children A fine gift for someone who can’t have a traditional garden but and their parents learn the basics of herbs and how to safely treat dreams of home-grown food! See also our Container Garden children’s illnesses through proper use of natural herbal reme- Seed Collection in Seed Collections. – $17.95 BGE-1280 dies. BGE-1365 – $19.95 Herbal Antibiotics Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion Stephen Harrod Buhner, 1999, 144 pp Shane Smith, 2nd Ed., 2000, 544 pp. With the increase in antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, sci- The complete greenhouse encyclopedia. Everything from inte- entists are now seriously studying medicinal herbs that are most rior design, micro-climates, selecting the right plants, pollination, effective in fighting these drug-resistant bacteria. With detailed, scheduling, soil, to when things go wrong. – $21.95 BGE-1240 step-by-step instructions for making and using herbal infusions, tinctures, teas, and salves to treat various types of infections. Grains BGE-1370 – $12.95 Weaving A Lavender Wand Small-Scale Grain Raising NEW! Carol Cox, 1993, 4 pp Gene Logsdon, 2nd Ed., 2009, 308 pp. How to make beautifully-braided traditional scented wands. Ex- “An Organic Guide to Growing, Processing, and Using Nutri- celent Illustrations. Makes a wonderful gift. BGE-1400 – $1.50 tious Whole Grains for Home Gardeners and Lo- cal Farmers.” This is still the most complete guide available to the gardener who wants to plant what Growing 101 Herbs That Heal the author calls a “pancake patch.” Gene is a very Tammi Hartung, 2000, 250 pp experienced friend at your elbow explaining when In-depth profiles for growing the most useful medicinal plants or- to plant, how to plan rotations, pests, storage, and ganically. Hartung, a medical herbalist, shares secrets of propa- how to hand-harvest, thresh, hull, and even cook gation, soil preparation, natural pest management, harvesting a wide variety of grains. There are chapters on techniques, and garden designs for beauty and yield. A good corn, wheat, sorghum, oats, dry beans, rye, barley, basic beginning gardening book for herb enthusiasts, with good buckwheat, millet, rice, triticale, spelt, wild rice and information on soil preparation in general. BGE-1410 – $24.95 cover crops (Amaranth and quinoa are not included). BGE-1323 — $29.95 Booklet 27: Growing Medicinal Herbs in as Little as Fifty Square Grow Your Own Grains: Feet - Uses and Recipes Raising, Harvesting and Uses Louisa Lenz-Porter, 1995, 40 pp EA Booklet 33, Carol Cox, 2008,28 pp Grow most of your medicinal herbs in as little as 50 square feet. Basic grain raising, harvesting and using. How to grow and use An herbal “medicine cabinet.” of 24 common, easily grown herbs barley, oats, cereal rye, triticale, wheat, amaranth, corn, millet, is described in depth. Instructions, recipes, and bibliography take quinoa, rice, sorghum, and teff. BEA-0033 – $7.50 an easy approach to an enjoyable activity. Sample 50-sq-foot bed with ideas for personal modifications. BEA-0027 – $6.75

50 Test Your Soil with Plants Composting and Soil Fertility EA Booklet 29, John Beeby, 1997, 86 pp Soil is where it all begins. Compost crops slow erosion, improve Discover how you can tell what fertilizers to use soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, to optimize your garden’s health and productivity, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your simply by observing the plants growing in your garden. They will save you money and give you a better harvest. garden. BEA-0029 – $15.00 There is a compost crop for almost every gardening situation. Managing Cover Crops Profitably Edaphos Sustainable Agriculture Res & Education, 2007, 244 pp Dynamics of a Natural Soil System This book’s purpose is to help you find the right cover crops for Paul D Sachs, 1999, 201 pp your garden. Originally written for farmers, this book gives you Clearly explains – in terms that anyone can understand - the thorough detailed information on all major crops in a clear, easy to detailed relationships between soil and the environment. For ex- understand style. Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smoth- ample the concept of pests is largely the result of poor agricul- er weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control tural practices and use of agricultural poisons. Paul Sachs gives many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your garden. a good argument for healthy garden ecosystems having few pest Save money and get a better harvest! There is a cover crop for problems. Highly recommended by our retired garden manager, almost every gardening situation. BCO-1168 – $19.00 Carol Cox. BCO-1130 – $14.95 The Complete Compost Gardening Guide Proceedings Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L Martin, 2008, 320 pp from the Soil, Food and People Con- Whether “you are a gardening beginner or to- ference tally into compost, I guarantee you will love this Hugh Roberts, editor, 2002, 180 pp book!... Sure to become the leading how-to, why- The exceptional and inspiring results of a con- to manual about compost. Packed with lively, in- ference at UC-Davis attended by Biointensive formative and innovative content.” - Cheryl Long, practitioners and soil experts from all over the Editor-in-Chief, Mother Earth News. The subtitle world on soil, soil fertility, and sustainable gar- says it all: Banner Batches, Grow Heaps, Com- dening. See larger listing on page 63. forter Compost, and Other Amazing Techniques for Saving Time and Money, and Producing the BEA-0330 – $30.00 Most Flavorful, Nutritious Vegetables Ever. Cov- ers concepts, tools, and every possible way to build a compost Future Fertility: pile. Even has a chapter on vermiculture (using worms to create Transforming Human Waste Into Human Wealth super nutritious vermicompost). BCO-1163 – $19.95 John Beeby, 1995, 164 pp Returning the nutrients in human waste back to the soil from which they came is essential for the sustainability of agriculture Worms Eat My Garbage Mary Appelhof, 1987 (2nd ed.), 162 pp worldwide. This detailed and practical manual describes both es- All the worm growers we know recommend this book as the sim- tablished and innovative low-technology methods of safely and plest and most complete on raising worms and making compost effectively recycling the nutrients in human waste. More impor- at the same time. – $12.95 tantly, it describes the principles behind the methods, and criteria BCO-1140 that any method must meet for safety and sustainability. A must for those interested in transforming their waste into wealth in the future. BEA-0340 – $23.95 Seeds and Seed Saving The Garden Seed Inventory Roots Demystified Kent Whealy (ed.), 6th Ed., 2004, 502 pp Robert Kourik, 2008, 165 pp. Lists all open-pollinated seed varieties of vegetables commer- Subtitled “change your gardening habits to help roots thrive,” this cially available in North America. An invaluable directory of 254 is a book full of surprises! Includes drawings made by plant ecol- companies in the US and Canada and the varieties of open-polli- ogist John Weaver of the amazing root systems that are under nated seed they offer. Bountiful Gardens, for example, is the sole all garden plants, even the lowly lettuce. Knowing how deep the source of many varieties, and one of the few sources for many roots grow, and how far they spread, helps us to understand how more varieties. Find that strange bean that great-grandma grew, we need to work with the soil for the best growth. This book has or exactly the right turnip for your climate. Thousands of varieties a lot of good information about improving your soil and selecting are listed in this priceless resource. This is the updated version, the right plants for the right sites, and it’s written with humor and in a new 8 ½ by 11 format. BSA-1110 – $26.00 warmth. BCO-1165 – $25.00 Cornucopia II Comfrey for Gardeners Source Book of Edible Plants Jill Schnabel, 1990, 16 pp Stephen Facciola, 1998, 713 pp A booklet from Henry Doubleday Research Association on This awesome reference lists sources for 3,000 species of food comfrey. Covers growing it, and using it in the garden as a plant plants, including vegetables, fruit and nut trees, herbs, edible flow- nutrient and compost ingredient. Recommended by our retired ers, grains, wild edibles from around the world, sprouting seeds, garden manager Carol Cox. BCO-1150 – $5.00 starter cultures, specialty produce, and ethnic food products, A lot of useful information for gardeners, cooks, and ethno-botanists. Weeds and What They Tell Fascinating facts about nearly every food plant used by people Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, 1970, 96 pp anywhere in the world. BSA-1120 – $40.00 The presence of certain weeds can tell the gardener what the soil is like where they grow. This little book goes through each weed family and also includes many uses of weeds, both medicinal and agricultural. An introduction to a topic covered more fully in Test Your Soil with Plants. BCO-1200 – $9.95

51 Fruit, Nut, and Berry Inventory Mycelium Running: see Permaculture books on page 53 How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World Growing To Seed Paul Stamets, 2005, 352 pp EA Booklet 13, Peter Donelan, revised 1999, 45 A gold mine for any gardener or forester; an pp embarrassment of riches in its 350 plus pages. How to grow all your own seed in the smallest Mycelium are often an overlooked key ingredient possible area in your own backyard. Maintain in any form of permaculture. Do you know that optimum health and genetic diversity in your trees and other green plants could not grow and seed stock! Includes information on vegetables, reach maturity without symbiotic associations with mushrooms grains, cover crops, seed exchanges, and seed and/or mycelium? Paul Stamets has pioneered mycorestoration. co-operatives, plus a bibliography. Essential ta- Fungi, especially from old growth forests, show impressive po- bles on crops and their seed-saving characteris- tential against many of our most troubling diseases. For example, tics. BEA-0013 – $11.75 inoculation of seeds with mycorrhizal fungi helps plants gather nutrients and prevent parasitization. BTR-1685 – $35.00 Seed To Seed Suzanne Ashworth, 2nd edition,2002, 228 pp More Mushrooms and Mycelia Mushroom kits are in Vegetable seeds - page 20 A completely updated and much expanded ver- MycoGrow Soluble Mycorrhizae in Supplies - page 58. sion of one of the most dog-eared references on our office shelf. Suzanne includes state-of- the-art information, but she is always careful to Drip Irrigation NEW! include only proven techniques. A good basic for Every Landscape and All Climates introduction to seed-saving, followed by very de- Robert Kourik, 2009, 184 pp. tailed coverage of each plant family, including just We advocate hand overhead watering for most about any vegetable you would ever want to grow, plus some of your garden plants. That said, with this book grains. Botanical classification, pollination, crossing and isola- you can drip irrigate everything you grow. Perfect tion, seed production, harvesting, and processing are all covered for permaculture. How to select the best, sturdi- thoroughly. BSA-1070 – $24.95 est hardware (in the most economical configura- tion) that will last for decades. He clearly explains how to use less water while increasing yields in any climate. This Saving Seeds book also details how watering techniques affect plant feeding, Marc Rogers, 1990, 185 pp and how to use gray water and cistern water for irrigation. BSE- The Gardener’s Guide to Growing and Storing 1847 24.95 Vegetable and Flower Seeds: A basic primer on producing your own seed; a good way to de- velop varieties specifically for your own garden Drip Irrigation Starter Kit conditions. Covers growing, harvesting, drying, (go to page 57 in Watering Supplies) storing, and testing. Separate section on each major vegetable. Used in our workshops. BSA- Rainwater Harvesting for 1090 – $14.95 Drylands Volume 1: Guiding Principles Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties Brad Lancaster, 2006, 179 pp Carol Deppe, 2nd edition, 2000,, 384 pp An excellent introduction to the harvesting, stor- With the information given here, you can develop an open-pol- ing, conserving and use of water in gardens linated variety perfect for your own soil and climate …and you and landscapes. Filled with illustrations and ex- might even develop a seed that you could sell to companies like amples. Excellent for gardeners in arid regions, us! An inspiring look at the amazing plant breeding achievements and useful for others as well, especially as we of ordinary gardeners—teenagers, seniors, and people like you. face climate change. Lots of good ideas for layout of property, Good information about how to do it yourself. Every gardener paving and plantings to direct water into the garden area and should be a plant breeder - it can be done on any scale. It’s enjoy- away from the street, and ways to use greywater in the garden. able and deeply rewarding. You can get useful new varieties … BSE-1845 – $24.95 and you can eat your mistakes.” BSA-1080 – $27.95 Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands Volume 2: Water Harvesting Earthworks Permaculture Brad Lancaster, 2008, 419 pp Earthworks are simple, inexpensive landforms that passively har- Perennial Vegetables vest free rainfall, water runoff, air conditioning condensate, and Eric Toensmeier, 2007, 256 pp greywater into the soil. Integrated vegetation then pumps the wa- Perennial food crops can form the “bones” of the ter back out in the form of beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, garden, to be filled in with annuals as needed. timber, and passive heating and cooling, while controlling ero- The first part is filled with information about sion, increasing soil fertility, reducing downstream flooding, drop- growing perennial vegetables; site preparation, ping utility costs, and improving water and air quality. “We’ve tried the best varieties for your location, planning the some of the methods explained in this book, and they work. Even best design, and propagating plants. The sec- if you are a lazy, mediocre, vagabond gardener like we are, they ond part is around 100 different perennial food still work.” – Shay Solomon and Nigel Valdez, Little House on a crops, organized by plant family: Some familiar and some very Small Planet. BSE-1846 – $32.95 exotic. Each with complete growing information: general over- view, history and ecology, description, preferred climate, pest problems, how to grow, harvest and store, and uses. This is a Plant Species Index great resource for anyone interested in sustainable gardening or for the Pacific Northwest and General Reference permaculture. BWO-1840 – $35.00 A Litwin/Seattle Tilth Assn., 1990, 22 pp Useful in planning hedgerows, windbreaks, shelter belts and liv- ing fences. BTR-1640 – $2.50

52 Gaia’s Garden A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture Biodynamics Toby Hemenway, 2001, 260 pp A user-friendly guide to backyard permaculture, with practical Biodynamic Greenhouse Management ways to incorporate food gardens, flower gardens, and wildlife Heinz Grotzke, 1990, 112 pp habitat into a backyard ecosystem. The author draws from the Heinz is a professional greenhouse manager who has used or- writings of permaculture experts but makes them useful on a ganic techniques for almost 40 years. This small, very readable smaller scale. Chapters cover soil building, water management, book helps both professionals and amateurs make their artificial choice of plants, interplanting, guilds, forest gardening and gar- environment more like the natural one. BGE-1250 – $12.00 den evolution. BTR-1680 – $24.95 Bio-Dynamic Sprays Man of the Trees H H Koepf, 1971, 16 pp Selected Writing of Richard St. Barbe Baker Recipes for the standard sprays recommended by Bio-dynamic Karen Gridley ed., 1989, 149 pp gardening experts, for feeding the soil and plants. Also contain- Excerpts from St. Barbe Baker’s most impor- ers, spraying equipment, and storage. BCO-1210 – $5.50 tant writings—a fascinating glimpse of one of this century’s most farsighted individuals. Be- Biodynamic Treatment yond the interesting stories, the book carries an of Fruit Trees, Berries and Shrubs urgent message about the vital role of trees in E E Pfeiffer, 1976, 28 pp planetary survival. In poignant words, St. Barbe A delightful essay covering basic concepts, and recommended Baker guides the reader on into forestry as it techniques for caring for perennials in the biodynamic garden, relates to environmental preservation. including fertilizing the orchard. BTR-1710 – $5.50 Paperback – BTR-1690 – $9.95 Hardbound – BTR-1691 – $11.95 The Backyard Orchardist Pests Stella Otto, 1993, 248 pp Good information on fruit trees for the small home garden. Lots Organic Gardener’s Handbook of charts and illustrations. Everything from choosing a planting of Natural Insect and Disease Control site to storing the harvest, for apples, pears, cherries, apricots, Bradley & Ellis, ed., 1991, 544 pp plums, peaches, and nectarines. Highly recommended by the Four encyclopedias in one: Plants, their prob- North American Fruit Explorers newsletter: “finest single source lems and solutions; A photo dictionary of prob- of fruit growing information published lem insects and their controls; Diseases, their .” BTR-1650 – $16.95 causes and solutions; and Organic controls. Identifies almost every imaginable problem and The Backyard Berry Book possible organic solutions. Contains “folklore” Stella Otto, 1995, 235 pp as well as science. BPL-1810 – $21.95 Another great Stella Otto book, a great companion volume on growing berries, brambles and vine fruit in the Good Bug, Bad Bug NEW! home garden. Includes strawberries, grapes, Jessica Walliser, 2008, 90 pp. and kiwis, and even rhubarb. Easy reading, Great pictures and easily understood infor- labeled a “hands-on guide.” BTR-1630 – mation about each pest, including what their $17.95 damage looks like, what plants they attack, NEW! how to prevent attacks, and how to control Fruit, Nut, and Berry Inventory attacks organically. It has an equally awe- Torgrimson, ed., 4th edition, 2009, 384 pp. some section for beneficial insects, with pic- An inventory of nursery catalogs and web- tures, detailed information, and tips on how to attract them and sites listing all fruit, berry and keep them in your garden. Spiral bound to lie flat for easy reading. nut varieties available by mail Laminated, water resistant paper in field book size. B P L - 1 8 1 5 order in the United States. 275 – $16.95 mail-order nursery catalogs and 8,750 varieties are represented! Good descriptions of each vari- Deerproofing Your Yard and ety, where it will grow, and the nurseries/websites Garden that offer it. By adopting a rare fruit tree you enrich Rhonda Massingham Hart, , 2005, 199 pp your life in a delicious way, while helping save a Dealing with unwanted deer is frustrating and national heritage. BTR-1620 $24.00 challenging for even the most patient of garden- ers. which repellents work and which don’t? How to Prune Fruit Trees How long do they last? Which plants are truly R. Sanford Martin, 1978, 90 pp deerproof? In this updated and revised edition, For home gardeners. The easiest and best we’ve seen on fruit Rhonda shares the latest research on deer be- tree pruning. A small classic. BTR-1660 – $7.50 havior and food preferences, as well as herprac- tical experience in successfully combating deer, How to Make a Forest Garden from the best fence to planting the most deer-detested plants. Patrick Whitefield, 1998, 168 pp BPL-1830 – $14.95 How to make a garden more like a natural ecosystem with per- manent plantings. The garden is created using three stories of plants; trees, shrubs, and perennial vegetables and herbs. The trees and shrubs produce fruit and nuts, and the vegetables grow underneath, with the final effect being of a natural woodland. BTR-1670 – $29.95

53 Survival and Self-Sufficiency Primitive Technology: Book of Earth Skills Food Security and Sustainability: Society of Primitive Technology For the Times Ahead Edited by David Wescott, 1999, 232 pp Harvest McCampbell, 2008, 144 pp A collection of articles by members of the So- More than a book on food security, It’s a primer ciety of Primitive Technology, who learn and on survival from someone who has retained a lot teach the ancient skills of making shelter, tools, of important lessons from her grandmother based weapons, ropes, baskets and more, from bone, in the 1800s, from the viewpoint of someone stone, wood, and plants. Fascinating for any- who lives with nature comfortably. It is a question one wanting to learn more about very basic self-sufficiency. Many book, asking you questions that are important to drawings and photographs. The authors have done serious re- ask about how you would live under more primitive search into techniques and materials used by our ancestors. circumstances – in the sense that asking the question is most of BGE-1590 – $25.95 the answer. Chapter titles include: “Location Location Location”, “Storing Staples Securely”, “Balance is Everything”, “Process The Home Water Supply Your Own Fats and Oils”, “Don’t Forget Your Immune System”, Stu Campbell, 1983, 236 pp “Old Time Food Preservation and Storage”, and “Useful Skills”. Simple, concise and clear. Tells you everything BSE-1849 – $12.00 you need to know about water supplies: finding, getting, moving, holding, treating, distributing, The Encyclopedia of Country controlling and protecting your water. Excellent line drawings show all the details. Covers both Living arid West and wet East, with down-home wis- Carla Emery, Updated, 9th edition, 2003, 885 dom. – $18.95 pp BGE-1480 A huge book full of information, subtitled “An Old Fashioned Recipe Book.” This ia a very Natural Beekeeping complete and a very practical handbook on Ross Conrad, 2007, 246 pp self-sufficient living. Recipes and instructions “Organic approaches to modern apiculture” is for just about anything you might want to do on the subtitle of this book. With our precious bees a homestead, and explained simply in terms anyone can under- in trouble right now, anyone interested in keep- stand. Carla’s neighborly style of writing makes you want to get ing bees should read this book first. Includes on with it! BGE-1300 – $29.95 a complete discussion of all the pests and dis- eases that affect bees and natural ways to work with them. BSE-1850 – $35.00 The Essential Wild Food Survival Guide The Natural Soap Book Linda Runyon, 2007, 323 pp Susan Miller Cavitch, 1995, 182 pp Linda Runyon’s latest and best book on wild Everything you will need to create your own all- food, and well illustrated. The first part is an natural hand-crafted soaps, including recipes for introduction to living off the land with practical old favorites like oatmeal/honey soap, garden tips distilled from Linda’s many years of experi- based soaps like borage bar, and formulas for ence. Next is a field guide to the plants, most of exotic scents. Susan, and other soap makers, which are found in all parts of the US, including share tips, formulas, insights and practical infor- description, uses, nutritional analysis, collection mation gleaned from their experiences as pro- and storage. Finally recipes for the plants and how fessional soap makers. BGE-1390 – $14.95 to cultivate them in a home garden. BGE-1350 – $20.00 A Survival Acre Linda Runyon, 1985, 42 pp Food 50 worldwide wild foods and medicinal plants that are common nearly everywhere. Sections on teas, medicines, foods, and sal- ad greens, with information on harvesting, preparing, storing, and How To Store Your Garden recipes. Maps of a typical garden layout and hints on how to in- Produce corporate wild plants into a home garden. BGE-1340 – $15.00 Piers Warren, rev. 2008, 143 pp. Begins with general directions for a dozen methods of storage, then gives detailed infor- The New Self-Sufficient Gardener mation on how to store over 60 fruits and vege- (see Vegetables books - page 49 tables, often through tasty “recipes” that can be Handy Farm Devices And How to Make Them quite original. For example, directions on how Rolfe Cobleigh, 1996, 288 pp to freeze or dry peas, but then a recipe for pea Reprint of a classic guide from the early 20th pod wine! “I’ve always been obsessed with the century, in a new, larger, easier-to-read edition. idea of self-sufficiency, and have always hated Includes instructions for making poultry equip- waste, so as a keen vegetable grower it was only ment, a lightweight orchard ladder, a small truss natural that I explored the overlooked art of storage. To some bridge, an easy fence-post and stump puller, extent it is a lost art …When keeping fresh food for any length of several types of gates, a wood splitter, and even time you have four main enemies: enzymes, bacteria, yeasts, and a bicycle-powered washing machine. Nostalgic fungi …(while) there are some methods that may render food safe and useful information from “the golden age of to eat for many years, your aim should be to store food only until American farming.” BGE-1570 – $16.95 the next season’s fresh produce is available …this ensures that you are eating the highest quality stored food at all times”. – from the Introduction. BFO-1768 – $14.95

54 Preserving Food Without Freezing or The Solar Food Dryer: NEW! Canning How to Make and Use Your Own Low-Cost, High Per- Centre Terre Vivante, 2007, 197 pp formance, Sun-Powered Food Dehydrator Formerly titled “Keeping Food Fresh” Compiled Eben V. Fodor, 2006, 144 pp. in France by 150 organic gardeners and recently The first part deals with the theory and physical facts of solar dry- translated into English, this is a collection of reci- ing, while the second gives step-by-step instructions for building pes for storing produce without canning, freez- the author’s food dryer. It claims you can quickly and efficiently ing, or other mechanical techniques. Included dry your garden produce all year long-with free sunshine in most are drying, fermentation, root cellaring, pickling, places. Also sections on preparing food to dry, recipes, and some preserving in wine, and other techniques used very handy appendices. BFO-1785 – $15.95 for generations to preserve food as close to fresh Electric Food Dryer as possible, and require no electricity. BFO-1770 – $25.00 See Food in Supplies, page 61 Wild Fermentation: Dry It! The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live- Gen Macmaniman, 1980, 58 pp Culture Foods Ten years ago, this hand-written book started us on some won- Sandor Ellix Katz, 2003, 200 pp derful food adventures and we still use it today. Includes complete For thousands of years humans have enjoyed plans for a dryer, plus recipes, practical hints, even drying meats the distinctive flavor and nutrition resulting from & some dairy products. BFO-1780 – $10.00 the transformative power of microscopic bac- teria and fungi. The flavors of fermentation are Nourishing Traditions compelling and complex, and quite literally alive. Sally Fallon, Revised 2nd edition, 2000, 661 pp This book takes the reader on a whirlwind trip Several people have requested this for the wonderful unusual through the wide world of fermentation, provid- recipes from all over the world. The author disputes modern “fat- ing the reader with basic and delicious recipes that are easy to free” theories, and tries to show how different cultures have been make at home, including sauerkraut, kimchi, sour pickles, miso, able to achieve balanced and healthful diets using their own local tempeh, dosas, yogurt, kefir plus basic cheese, bread, beer, and food sources. A wide variety of possibilities for both meat-eaters wine. With nearly 100 recipes, this is the first and still the most and vegetarians. Many home-cultured foods (yogurt, miso, sour- comprehensive and wide-ranging fermentation book ever pub- dough, and many more) with an emphasis on beneficial enzymes. lished. BFO-1773 – $25.00 Unusual uses for common grains, and easy recipes for unusual vegetables. BFO-1750 – $25.00 Preserving Summer’s Bounty Susan McClure, editor, 1997, 384 pp Acorns and Eat ‘em “A quick and easy guide to freezing, canning, preserving, and dry- Suellen Ocean, 1993, 86 pp ing what you grow.” From the Rodale Food Center. Includes very Acorns were the major food staple of the origi- clear step-by-step instructions and “what went wrong?” sections nal residents of our land here, the Pomo, and we for each procedure. A lot of useful “tools” like homemade pectin or have even found their grinding tools left behind a cheap homemade food drier. Very helpful charts and drawings. alongside our creek. Includes information about Lots of recipes. BFO-1760 – $16.95 oak trees and acorns, how to harvest, prepare and use them in many delicious recipes. BFO- Root Cellaring 1720 – $16.00 Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables Growing and Using Stevia Mike & Nancy Bubel, 1991, 304 pp Jeffrey Goettemoeller and Karen Lucke, 2nd ed., 2008, 49 pp This is a classic on natural cold storage of fruits The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table. Complete instructions for and vegetables... the no-cost, no-processing growing, harvesting, and storing stevia plus twenty recipes using way to store your produce! This book went out green stevia powder or whole leaf. Green stevia has a distinctive of print a while ago and it’s back and timely. If taste, so it will not work in just any recipe ...the authors have not you don’t have a place for a traditional root cellar, only grown stevia successfully, but also have spent years per- a cold storage area can be created in a closet. fecting these recipes for drinks, desserts, pies, rolls, custard and BFO-1740 – $14.95 more. We have stevia seeds in Herbs. BFO-1755 – $10.00 Cooking With Sunshine NEW! Flour Power Lorraine Anderson, 2nd ed., 2006, 224 pp. Marleeta Basey, 2004, 288 pp. Our pick of the solar cookbooks. Explains how solar cooking The only complete guide to home milling. Flour Power explains works and its benefits over traditional methods. Instructions for why virtually all commercial flours (even “whole wheat”) have lost building your own solar cooker using inexpensive, easy-to-find fiber, vitamins, mineral, enzymes and phytochemicals during pro- materials, or where to buy a ready-made solar cooker. A wide va- cessing and storage. Fresh whole grains lead to vastly improved riety of recipes for main dishes, accompaniments, and desserts health. Today bread making is as easy as grinding beans and for both vegetarian and omnivorous diets. Creative menu ideas brewing breakfast coffee. Let Flour Power help find the right flour for special needs, and more! BFO-1795 – $17.95 mill and bread machine for you. BFO-1765 – $24.95

55 DVDs and Videos Documentaries Cover Crops and Compost Crops The first two videotapes, Gardensong and Circle of Plenty, docu- IN Your Garden ment our work here at Ecology Action. Both are stunningly beau- Cindy Conner, 2008, 66 minutes tiful and very inspiring. Frequently screened nationally on public Watch through the seasons as your cover crops television, they were created by John DeGraaf (award winning come to maturity and are either cut as mulch producer of PBS documentaries) and BJ Bullert. We are making in the beds they were grown in, or cut as food these inspiring videos available for your personal viewing use for the compost pile. Watching the whole sea- only, by agreement with their distributor. Copies for educational son is very educational and is an essential part and public showing use must be purchased separately, directly of our teaching biointensive. Cindy studied our from the distributor: Bullfrog Films, Oley PA, 800-543-3764 or methods, is a former market gardener and now www.bullfrogfilms.com. A Journey in Kenya is a travelogue of a sustainable agriculture college instructor. Everyone at BG who hope, showing how adopting GrowBiointensive techniques have has watched this DVD had at least one “aha” moment. made dramatic changes in Kenya’s agriculture. BCO-1180 – $35.00

Circle of Plenty Develop a Sustainable Vegetable Garden Plan 1987, 28 min A PBS-TV special on Ecology Action’s work DVD and key Biointensive mini-farming work in Cindy Conner, 2009, 66 minute DVD Mexico. Everyone I have talked to has been An intense video course in garden planning packed with informa- moved by this labor of love. Buy one of these tion. Cindy takes you through the steps of putting together a note- as a gift for a good friend or loved one. book with your complete plan. A companion CD contains work- BEA-1050 VHS – $29.95 BEA-1055 DVD – sheets to help you figure how many seeds and plants you need, 29.95 when to plant and where, and when to expect a harvest. Meet some of Cindy’s friends and visit their gardens as they explain how garden planning has helped them. BGE-1222 $40.00 Gardensong 1983, 28 min A PBS – TV special on Alan Chadwick and the biodynamic/French intensive method. Cover- Ruth Stout’s Garden Video DVD age is given to those organizations that carry 23 min on Alan’s work, with a large share focusing on This has been one of our favorite garden videos John and Ecology Action. for many years. Ruth Stout was a proponent of BEA-1060 VHS – $29.95 BEA-1065 DVD – the “no dig/no work” method of gardening. We $29.95 don’t feel her techniques will work in every soil, and we still double-dig to get soil into shape, but this is a wonderful video of a sassy and de- A Journey in Kenya - Biointensive Farmers termined gardener. Ruth expounds on both her 1993 VHS, 20 min gardening methods (which fed her family year- Spanish dialogue version. Sandra Mardigian and Doug Burck round) and her philosophy of life. She was 92 when this film was revisit the students they had sponsored at Manor House Agricul- made, and it is absolutely delightful. tural Centre after they have graduated and returned home. Doc- BGE-1610 VHS – $22.95 uments the amazing, positive changes that have resulted from BGE-1615 DVD – $23.95 Biointensive gardens, both for individuals and for whole villages! Wonderful hope-filled scenes of African gardens and gardeners. Videos in Spanish About 20 minutes. VHS format. BEA-1040 – $12.00 Dig It! DVD BEA-0470 – John Jeavons, 1997, 30 min, $19.95 Instructional Videos These three videos are packed with useful information on their A Journey in Kenya Video DVD subjects. Seeing is believing! No matter how many times we BEA-0482 – 1993, 20 min, $12.00 watch Dig It! we still learn something about digging beds. Cindy Connor’s first DVD on Cover Crops has been very popular and we El Huerto Ecológico VHS expect the second (brand new!) to be of great benefit as well. Mexico’s Program for Adult Ed BEA-0680 – 1992, 20 min, $20.00 20 min VHS video introduces Mini-Cultivo Biointensivo. Dig It! John Jeavons Double-Digging Video John Jeavons, 1997 DVD, 30 min Coleccion Educativa Metodo de Agricultura Bioin- This video shows how to prepare your soil tensiva better and much more easily by following Autogestion, Desarrollo y Sociedad, Quito, Ecuador the techniques John Jeavons has developed BEA-0655 — ADYS, 2004, 20 min, $20.00 while double digging all over the world for the Este video comparte experiencias didácticas de ADY, usando last quarter of a century. Learn directly from cinco módulos: Principios del Método Biointensivo, Preparación the master. These techniques will improve de Camas, Elaboración de Composta, Siembra Cercana, Semi- your garden, and its soil, wherever you live. llas de Polinización Abierta. ADYS elaboró el video para usar Have fun digging! DVD format. Also available en sus capacitaciones, aprovechando visitas de Bisek Hisao, ap- in Spanish, see page xx. prentice de Ecology Action en 2004 y Dominique Guillet, Direc- BEA-1035 $19.95 tor de Kokope. $15 of each DVD goes to ADYS to support their work.

56 Tools & Supplies Tools SDI-9030 – Fork – $89.95 CobraHead Cultivator Intensively planted beds can be tricky to Nobori Gama Sickle (shown right) weed and cultivate, needing a narrow-head- This is a Japanese forged sickle with a sturdy 6 ½” by ed tool that can reach in among the plants, 2” blade and a 14 inch wood handle; overall length is yet with enough heft to function well in all 20 ½ inches. Useful for clearing small brush or weeds, types of soil. Has a sharp blade on a long or harvesting grains from small plots. Well-balanced, curving neck, with a strong handle made of sturdy. Weighs 1½ lbs. SNO-9130 – $55.95 recycled plastic and wood fibers. Length 14”. SCO-9050 – $20.00 Serrated-Blade Sickle (shown left) A Japanese stamped grass sickle with The Burden Cloth™ a sharp serrated edge. For cutting small A very sturdy canvas cloth that has reinforced edges and handles amounts of grain, grass, or compost crops, on the four corners. Spread it next to your garden bed, throw or clearing soft growth. Recommended by weeds, prunings, whole plants, etc. onto the cloth, and carry it one of our customers who is a market gardener. all away when you are done, leaving the area free of mud and SSE-9140 – $8.95 mess. It really makes composting easy and fast! Used daily in our research garden - especially on terrain too steep for a wheelbar- row or cart. Also used for carrying firewood, and even adapted to make a nice strong baby carrier. SBU-9190 – 4’ X 4’ – $40.00 Garden Shears A favorite of our garden staff for harvesting grains, comfrey, compost crops, and weeds. No working parts Watering to wear out and largely self-sharpening. We prefer these shears which have a double “bow” that greatly Beginning Drip Kit NEW! reduces the amount of force you need to cut. These While we hand water our gardens, many busy are actually much less expensive than the other mod- people have found drip irrigation to be help- els we were carrying. SEN-9150 – 12 1/2 inches long ful, especially if work or family commitments overall – $15.95 make it difficult to water enough. Drip can be easy to use in permanent plantings like trees and perennial beds. We have put together a Garden Scissors high-quality, flexible, and affordable drip irri- We have had a pair of these small stainless steel scissors gation kit for the gardener who wants to start for years and still going strong! The comfortable bright with a basic irrigation system. This is the best red flexible plastic handles are easy to spot. Useful in the beginner’s kit on the market: all high-quality, garden and in the kitchen. Dubbed “Unlimited Scissors” E-Z Loc, state-of-the-art parts. It includes ev- by Joyce Chen, the manufacturer, and with good reason. erything needed—including pressure regulator, filter, 100 feet of 7 ½” overall. – $19.25 SGA-9160 mainline hose and 50 emitters. Great directions and links to easy instructional videos. You can add up to 400 feet of hose later if U-Bar NEW! desired. SDR-9251 – $59.95 Too big to mail - call us before ordering for a trucking quote to your location. We are Add-on 100’ Hose kit NEW! delighted to offer these legendary broadforks 100 feet of tubing, two Ts, two ends, and a coupler. No emitters as described in The Backyard Homestead. (purchase separately below). SDR-9253 – $19.90 We use them in our gardens. We are taking orders for local master welders who custom Add-on Emitter kit NEW! make them and ship them by truck. All welded Ten 1GPH emitters (you can take them apart for easy construction, built to last forever. Not for new cleaning), plus 10 goof plugs, SDR-9254 – $2.80 ground. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. 6 feet, 8 inches long by 29” wide. Weight 45 lbs. SUB- 9045 – $230 plus trucking (call before or- Haws Watering Cans The famous, perfectly-balanced long-reach cans from dering). England, with a long spout. Upward-facing brass rose gives a fine, gentle rain for flats, beds, or seedlings. Gal- vanized metal or green plastic, both built to last a long, long time. D-Handled Spade or Fork Each holds 1.2 gallons. METAL – 16” long spout. – SHA-9270 – $129.95 From England, these beautiful tools are inspired by PLASTIC – 23” long spout. – SHA-9270 – $34.50 tools of yesteryear and made to be used for a lifetime and passed on to the next generation. A joy to work Replacement Roses for with, these are the tools used for bed preparation in Haws watering cans our research gardens and pictured in many of the photos in this catalog. The 11” X 7” heads are solid Replacement Rose forged from a single piece of steel and they have a for metal – one piece hardwood shaft that is split to form a wish- SHA-9275 – $19.95 bone handle. NOTE: Stain color on spade and fork handles may vary. Replacement Rose Overall tool length is 43”. for plastic – SDI-9020 – Spade – $89.95 SHA-9276 – $6.95

57 Watering Fan We have tried them all, and this is the best commercial fan on the SPECIAL SALE market - small holes make a gentle spray. Has a turn-off lever, encased in an insulating material to protect your hand. Attaches Arm Savers to any hose. Assorted bright colors – SWA-9170 – $13.95 Waterproof, washable nylon sleeves have knit cuffs and elastic top opening. Use these with our Comfort Garden Gloves to keep thorns, Eco Spout plant poisons, and UV rays at bay. Good for This is a clever gizmo that fits on top of nearly wet foliage and firewood too. One size fits all. any plastic jug. Includes a sprinkler head and a GR-9540 – $8.00 pour spout. Mix up some liquid seaweed in an old milk jug and attach the watering head to sprinkle it on your plants. Or pour water into your radiator Picker’s Pail with the spout. Watering head and spout Use this handy tote for picking, pruning, and stor- SEC-9260 – $2.95 ing. Sturdy design with solid base and rigid open- ing yet collapsible for storage. The shoulder strap frees your hands. John Jeavons carries fire wood with this. 10” x 13” x 13” SGR-9548 – $12.00 Gloves (specify glove size) Handy Apron Comfort Garden Gloves Four roomy pockets including one with strap to Specify size. Soft, seamless knit gloves that keep long handled tool or phone in place. Open have been partially dipped in rubbery stuff, weave material sheds water, soil and mildew. leaving the backs of the hands and fingers un- SGR-9544 – $4.00 coated so the hands can breathe. Very comfort- able and flexible. Women generally wear small Tool & Seed Tote or medium; most men generally wear large or extra large. Small, Really useful in the garden. It is 8” in diameter by 9” high and has Medium, Large, X-Large: 12 pockets around the outside to hold all the tools and supplies Specify size - SCO-9080 - $5.50 you need while planting or working in the garden. The bottom is rigid and there are 2 carrying handles. SGR-9546 – $10.00 Nitrile Touch Glove Specify size. Soft, seamless knit gloves that have been partially coated with a strong nitrile coating that makes it possible to feel seeds with your fin- Compost and Soil Fertility gers, with a lightweight breathable nylon on the backs of the hands. Nice balance between light MycoGrow Soluble Mycorrhizae for Soil touch and durability. Women usually wear small or medium; most This water-soluble mycorrhizal inoculant is a starter for Mycor- men generally wear large or extra large. Small, Medium, Large, rhizal fungus networks that are an essential part of any healthy X-Large. garden soil. Beneficial for nutrient cycling, plant stress, and trans- Specify size - SCO-9080 - $6.25 plant shock. They reduce the need for water, optimize available nutrients, and help germination and early growth. Contains doz- Women’s Work Gloves ens of fungal species and potentially protects against 8 differ- Specify size. These are the best gloves for ent plant diseases. Up to six times more concentrated than most a woman from a woman’s company. Made common brands. Treats 12 gallons of water, 250 square feet of of unlined suede pigskin that is strictly a by- soil or 125-250 plants. 1 ounce of powder - SMY-9375 - $ 4 . 9 5 product of food production. Stong and sturdy. Numbers in parentheses (xxx) refer to the cir- cumference of the hand at the lower knuckles: Small (6 1/2 - 7), Medium (7 1/2 - 8), Large (8 1/2 - 9), Extra-Large (9+). Specify size – SWO-9070 — $27.00 Maxicrop Powder Soluble seaweed powder. An excellent, well-balanced food for all plants. We have found that applications of Maxicrop to foli- age help plants to resist disease and insect attacks. Watering with Maxicrop perks up plants that are ailing, and increases cold- hardiness. An all- around solution for only pennies a gallon! 10.7 oz jar (makes 250 gallons) – SMA-9360 – $17.50 Compost Thermometer A 20” stainless steel thermometer with a dial indicator at one end. The range is 0 to 220 deg. F. It’s made for thrusting into the com- post heap, measures temperature in the center of the pile. Also for soil temp. Better built than most. SCO-9320 – $29.95 Before and after using MycroGrow Soluble Mycorrhizae Home Garden Soil Test Kit An economical and easy-to-use test kit for the person who doesn’t need to do lots of NEW! tests. Ideal for home gardeners. Tests ten More Mushrooms and Mycelia in Vegetable seeds, page 20 soil samples for pH, nitrogen, phospho- Mushroom kits in Permaculture books, page 52 rous, and potassium (N-P-K). Easy to use, Mycelium Running with reagents in tablet form. SHO-9350 – $16.50 58 Root Zone Beneficial Microbes Coco-Wet Wetting Agent NEW! We recommend home-made compost to enliven the soil and bring A wetting agent keeps your foliar solutions (neem, foliar sprays, the microbial population back to a healthy state. This is no guar- etc) from washing off. Also maximizes plant absorption of sub- antee that the spectrum of beneficial microbes is present at your stances. Fully organic and safe. 8 oz.bottle – SWE-9492 – $5.95 site. Mycorrhizal fungus networks reduce the need for water and optimize nutrients. This is a blend of mycorrhizal fungi, 19 strains Season Starter (Wall-O-Water) of beneficial bacteria, humic acid and kelp meal. When planting These water-filled plastic greenhouses will extend add a half teaspoon to the soil of each plant - one jar goes a long your growing season. They are 17” wide x 18” high, way! 8 oz. jar of granules. – SRO-9370 – $9.95 self-standing, and shaped like a teepee. The water pockets moderate the temperature keeping plants cooler if hot and warmer if cold. They generally pro- Odor-Free Compost Bucket tect plants down to 16 deg F. SWA-9200 – $10.75 Sturdy and well-made with dark green heavy plastic derived from recycled ma- Harvest Guard terials. Has a replaceable charcoal filter Similar to Reemay, the original floating crop cover. A translucent in the lid that effectively controls odor, but lightweight spunbonded polyester fabric—place right over the allows the contents inside to get air. The plants for a warm start. Promotes early growth and protects from included charcoal filter is reported to last pests. Effective protection from cabbage maggot and carrot rust 3-4 months, but ours last much longer than fly when the edges are securely buried at the edges of the bed that. Has a carrying handle for taking it out (leave lots of slack for the plants to get taller). Can be sewn to- to the compost pile, and is easy to clean gether for wider areas or varied shapes. No framework needed. when you bring it back in. It holds 2 ½ gallons of kitchen scraps, Gives several degrees of warmth for spring or fall crops. enough to go for a while between trips to the garden. Fits easily 5 ft X 25 ft sheet – SRE-9210 –$13.50 under the sink. 12 ½” X 8” X 6 ½ “ – SOD-9335 – $21.50 Shade Netting Shade netting is useful for protecting young seed- Filters for Odor-Free Compost Bucket lings and also for extending the harvest period of Package of 3 replacement filters for Odor-free Compost Bucket crops like lettuce and spinach. It is suspended SOD-9340 – $6.95 on a light frame over the bed and cuts down the amount of sun that a plant receives by a specific percentage. We carry knitted, black polypropyl- Professional Soil Tests ene netting in two percentages of shade. Lasts Balancing out your soil’s nutrients will increase the health of your for several years. plants, improve yields and insure that you are not adding un- 30% – 6 ft wide – SSH-9220 – $2.50 per running necessary fertilizers. Ecology Action uses the soil test services ft of Timberleaf Soil Testing, 39648 Old Spring Rd, Murrieta, CA 50% – 6 ft wide – SSH-9220 – $3.00 per running ft 92563 - www.timberleafsoiltesting.com (951-677-7510). As part of this service you will receive a detailed report about your soil’s nu- Fly Traps “Fly Eaters” trient needs, your soil’s current nutrient levels, recommendations These simple but effective traps fit on a one quart jar, like the of which amendments to add for best results, and an explanation ones mayonnaise comes in. A little bait (meat is suggested) in of what the report means in easy-to-understand terms. the jar attracts the flies, and once they are in they don’t get out again. Non-poisonous. Great for use around animal pens. (Not for indoors). SFL-9520 – $3.50 Plant Protection Supplies Birdscare Flashtape Silver and red reflective streamers that hang from Sluggo Plus NEW! wire or branches. As the breeze blows, it flashes and OMRI (Organic) Certified and fully biodegrades into fertilizer. sparkles in the sun... it really seems to work. Easy to Stops Slugs, cutworms, earwigs, pillbugs, sow bugs, and snails. use, and even adds a festive touch to the garden and Takes a few days to work. Uses two natural pesticides: iron phos- orchard! This works in our own orchard. phate and spinosad (a naturally occurring, soil-dwelling bacteri- 290 foot roll – SBI-9470 – $4.95 um). Sprinkle around areas you want to protect. 1 lb. treats 2000 square feet and lasts up to 4 weeks (water soluble). Pellets are clean, odorless, and easy to use. 1 lb. can – SSL-9493 – $14.20 Diatom Dust Natural diatomaceous earth - skeletal remains of tiny sea crea- tures. Almost pure silica with 14 trace minerals. This is a good Safer’s Insecticidal Soap mineral supplement for both soil and animals. Dusted in the gar- A non-toxic soap concentrate, formulated for its excellent insec- den, its tiny sharp particles lacerate their feet and kill insect pests ticidal properties. Works on aphids, whiteflies, plant bugs, leaf by dehydration. Harmless to humans, animals & earthworms. Also hoppers, spider mites, squash bug, scale, and other soft-bodied used in seed or grain storage, etc. With instructions. 4 pound bag insects. Apply it directly to insects you can see. SDI-9460 – $12.50 16 oz bottle of concentrate – SSA-9490 – $13.25 Tangle Trap Neem Oil (100%) NEW! Sticky stuff for making traps for flying or crawl- We find that a healthy garden does not need major controls, but ing insects. The can has a brush attached to the bad things can happen to a garden. Neem oil is very effective and bottom of the lid so it’s easy to apply. Can be is least disruptive to your garden’s ecology. 100% neem oil. Most used around tree trunks or plant stems to trap neem products have only 1% neem as the active agent so please climbing insects, including cutworms, gypsy & dilute to only 1-2% for an effective control. SNE-9491 – $9.90 tussock moth caterpillars, earwigs, ants, and others. Ant control significantly reduces dam- More about neem (info sheet) NEW! age by certain types of aphids. 8 ounce can 4 pp. BEA-0815 $0.60 STA-9450 – $7.50

59 Bird Netting Widger Bird netting is the easiest and most reliable way to protect plants For many years we have used and loved this elegant from birds. Be sure the netting extends over the sides of the beds little stainless steel tool for pricking out and transplanting right down to the ground. If you have snakes in your garden for tiny seedlings. The original British manufacturer stopped gopher control, we don’t recommend it—snakes get tangled in it. making them in 2004, but we have finally found someone Long lasting knit black poly, not the cheap extruded stuff. who produces them just for us …slightly modified but 1” mesh, 6’ X 25’ – SBI-9480 – $18.50 just as useful as the original. It’s amazing how much difference a small tool like this can make! A Bountiful Whitefly Traps Gardens exclusive. 6” X ¾” – SWI-9010 – $5.00 For aphids and whiteflies. These traps have a yellow sticky sur- face that to an insects’ eyes, appears to glow in the ultraviolet Staked Plant Markers rays from the sun, attracting them to get stuck. (You could put Old-fashioned metal labels with long wire legs that tree tanglefoot on yellow cardboard if you don’t mind getting your push into the ground with a tilted zinc nameplate at the hands gooped-up.) Package of 5 traps – SWH-9510 – $4.85 top that can be written, (and re-written) on with pencil. With 11 ½ inch legs, and the nameplate is 3 ½ “ X 1 ¼ “ Package of 25 SST-9300 – $15.95

Seed Saving and Planting Redwood Seed Flat Kits Includes complete instructions, nails, and wood. Made by a small Silica Gel local mill of recycled redwood or port orford cedar (our choice) Nothing absorbs moisture like silica gel and it is an inoffensive both of which hold up equally well. Redwood flats stand up to material that even organic gardeners can love. It contains a non- constant contact with wet earth and last a long time with reason- toxic blue dye that changes color to light pink when the gel is able care. Easily put together; pre-drilled to prevent splitting. Mul- saturated with moisture. Dry the gel in a warm oven (gas, wood, tiple orders may require extra shipping—if so we will contact you. solar, or even microwave) to re-use. When dry it will turn blue. Each kit makes one flat; choose from 3 sizes: Enough to dry 5-10 lb. of seed. 8 ounce bag SSI-9240 – $5.00 (L) 23” X (W) 14” X (D) 3” – SRE-9280 STANDARD – $17.00 (L) 11.5” X (W) 14” X (D) 3” – SRE-9280 HALF – $17.00 Seed Saver’s Kit (L) 11.5” X (W) 14” X (D) 5 1/2” – SRE-9280 DEEP – $17.00 The most important factor for storing seed is dryness. Our kit Half Seed Flat. Note using a widger for transplanting. contains one 8 oz. packet of silica gel (enough for 5-10 lb. of seed), 8 data keeping forms, and our Booklet 13, Growing To Seed, which gives specific instructions for saving seed. We often store seed in mayonnaise or pickle jars, but Mason jars sold for home canning make an excellent, durable seal. SSE-9230 – $15.95

Wood Labels Plain wood markers - write on them with pencil, laundry marker, or crayon. Excellent for flats and pots. Prevents mix-ups. 24 count 6” X 5/8 “ – SWO-9310 – $2.35 Pot Maker Solid maple mold squeezes strips of newspaper into starter pots. Fill them with soil, and plant out pot and all, minimizing transplant shock. Invented by Otto Richter, Canada’s largest herb grower. Makes pots about 2 ¼” wide and 2 ¼” tall. We recommend tearing the paper open at the bottom just before planting. One maple mold, instruc- tions. SPO-9250 – $14.95

Soil Sieve A stainless steel sieve body with 3 interchangeable galvanized metal screens of 3,5,and 10 mesh per inch. For sifting soil or compost, or for separating large types of seeds from chaff. Fits nicely on top of a standard 5-gallon bucket. One 11.75” diameter sieve body with 3 screens. SSO- 9290 – $15.95

60 Food Solar Cooker A simple cooker that can be put togeth- er in a few minutes, made of strong cardboard with a reflective coating. You provide your own black pot or pan. These are the same solar cookers they send all over the Third World. SSO- 9430 – $25.00

Nesco American Home Food Dryer NEW! I have used one of these for years and love it. Extremely durable and effective. This 700 watt model is a drying monster, but in one test only averaged 420 Watts-about 4 cents per hour. Quiet, relatively easy to clean, and temperature control. Dries a lot in a day! Unlike other driers, no turning of trays. SFO- 9433 – $69.00

Cooking With Sunshine, The Solar Food Dryer, and books on all ways to preserve food - in Food Books, page 55 Pomona’s Pectin Make cooked and uncooked jams and jellies sweetened to your own taste. Ordinary fruit pec- tins require jam or jelly to have 55-85% sugar to set firmly. Pomona’s jells with honey, sugar, artificial sweetener, or just pure fruit. Can also be used with aspics, glazes, milk puddings, or PS...if you live in or are traveling to the San Francisco Bay area, as a gelatin substitute. Directions and recipes check out our wonderful retail store listed below! included. One box does 20 cups of jam. SPO- 9420 – $5.90

Personal Care Working Hands Potter’s Cream A wonderful healing and protecting cream handmade by local friends. Recommended for gardeners, workers with cement or Monday clay, or anyone using alkaline and drying materials. May seem costly, but a tiny dab does it. Does not leave an oily feel on the skin. Organically grown and respectfully wildcrafted. Contains Borage, Burnet, Calendula, Elder flower, Lavender, Thyme, Chickweed, Nettle and St. John’s Wort, extracted in olive, hemp and sesame oils. Apple cider vinegar balances alkalinity. Also jojoba, rosehip seed extract, beeswax, lecithin, grapefruit seed extract, vitamin E and essential oils. Has a strong vinegar smell which disappears once it’s on your hands. 2 oz. jar – SWO-9110 – $12.95

Coco Bee Balm Lotion NEW! We love this water-resistant, durable beeswax cream lotion based on a formula from second-century Greece. All natural ingredients with the gentle scent of coconut, beeswax and rosemary. 3.75 oz tube – SCO-9115 – $7.95

61 Ecology Action GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Publications

The basic books for learning the BIOINTENSIVE method; the results of our thirty years of research and experience. All you need to know to raise your own food and care for your soil sustainably is here in our books information sheets and pamphlets, written by John Jeavons, staff, and apprentices. How to Grow More The Sustainable Vegetables* Vegetable Garden

(and fruit, nuts, berries, grains and The Backyard Guide To Higher other crops) Yields and Healthy Soil John Jeavons & Carol Cox, revised 1999, *than you ever thought possible 118 pp on less land than you can imagine John Jeavons, 7th edition, 2006, 288 pp This is a simpler, more basic version of Foreword by Alice Waters How to Grow More Vegetables, based on a simple garden plan. Formerly titled Lazy Bed Gardening, this book has been revised A fully revised, updated and expanded edition of the book that to include the latest information on GROW BIOINTENSIVE tech- helped revolutionize food production around the world, and niques. Includes a new chapter on seed saving. Especially suit- in our backyard gardens. Yes, it is possible to grow fresh able for teachers planning a school garden, or for anyone who The classic vegetables for a family of four on the front lawn! prefers a shorter simpler introduction to GROW BIOINTENSIVE. book on GROW BIOINTENSIVE® gardening for beginners to “A lazy bed is a deeply prepared bed (2’ deep) whose growing advanced gardeners. The most complete and practical book area can produce up to four times more than an equivalent area of its kind, proven effective in all types of garden conditions. prepared less deeply and planted in rows. So the gardener has This book is every gardener’s guidebook to healthier and more only one bed to dig, one bed to fertilize, one bed to water, one beautiful gardens. bed to weed - only one-quarter the area it would take to produce the same amount of yield by other methods.” This book combines with the most current This major revision updates everything, our experiences from How to Grow More Vegetables... and Book- information, techniques and data, as well as important current lets #14 and #26 into a new understanding of how to grow all topics like soil sustainability and the future of farming. All charts your own food in the backyard, while also caring for the health and plans are updated; the bibliography is expanded by 25%; of your soil — and the planet. The emphasis is on food garden- more help in working toward sustainable soil fertility is included. ing and improving the soil through crop selection. New gardeners Best of all, an index has been added to make the book easier can now benefit from direct garden research in over 130 coun- to use, which readers have requested for many years. Every- tries - this method has been tried everywhere, on every type of one who has used and enjoyed previous editions will want this soil, in all climates, and it works for epicurean gardeners as well book—the best thing any gardener can do for their garden! as third world farmers. It gives specific recommendations on the “...possibly the most detailed explanation of the Intensive gar- best crops for beginning gardeners, and how much to grow for a dening method available.” –The New York Times family’s needs. “John’s methods are nothing short of miraculous.” –Alice Waters - from the foreword BEA-0310 – $12.95

BEA-0300 Perfect Bound – $19.95 Sustainable Garden Starter Kit BEA-0300 Spiral Bound – $21.95 Holds up better to heavy use, opens flat to keep your place Includes The Sustainable Vegetable Garden and all the seeds you need to follow the garden plan described in the book. BEA-0400 Cultivo Biointensivo de Alimentos Spanish, 6th edition, 2004, 261 pp – $14.95 LSU-6770 – $38.75 See page 31 for details. BEA-0410 How to Grow More Vegetables, Arabic Arabic, 5th edition, 1997, 300 pp – $20.00

BEA-0420 Comment Faire Pousser Plus des Legumes French, 2nd edition, 115 pp – $7.95

BEA-0430 Mehr Gemuse Im Eigenen Garten German, 1st edition, 82 pp – $14.00

BEA-0440 How to Grow More Vegetables, Hindi Hindi, 1st edition, 1987, 70 pp – $6.00

How to Grow More Vegetables, Braille 3rd edition, Write: Monterey County Braille Transcribers Inc,Box DF, Pacific Grove CA 93950 for details.

62 The Basic Biointensive Library Dig It! While How To Grow is all you need to start and to practice Bioin- tensive gardening, we continue to produce additional materials of John Jeavons Double-Dig- special interest. This collection of books provides a well-rounded ging Video education in Biointensive gardening for the advanced gardener John Jeavons, 1997 DVD, 30 min or the professional . The basic books are: How to Grow More Vegetables, Backyard Homestead, The Sustainable Vegetable This video shows how to prepare Garden, One Circle, Booklets: 0, 1, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, your soil better and much more eas- 24, 26 and 32. ily by following the techniques John BEA-0350 $145.00 Jeavons has developed while dou- ble digging all over the world for the last quarter of a century. Learn di- The Complete EA Library rectly from the master. These tech- all books, booklets and information sheets niques will improve your garden, and its soil, wherever you live. Have Everything Ecology Action has in print in the English language fun digging! DVD format. Also avail- as of January 1, 2009: How to Grow More Vegetables, The Sus- able in Spanish, see page 67. tainable Vegetable Garden, Proceedings from the Soil Food and BEA-1035 $19.95 People Conference, Future Fertility, One Circle, Backyard Home- stead, Booklets: 0, 1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, TB 1, PB 1, Complete set of Info Packets, Biointensive Sustainable Mini-Farming, Siberian Proceedings from the Biointensive Research Report, Biodynamic Gardening in India, Soil, Food and People Living Quarters for Plant Roots, Appropriate Agriculture, Circle of Plenty Booklet, Man of the Trees, and Weaving a Lavender Conference Wand—everything in the Basic Biointensive library plus more. ( not Videos and training program info) Hugh Roberts, editor, 2002, BEA-0360 $315.00 180 pp

From a conference presented by One Circle Ecology Action and attended by How to Grow a Complete Diet in Less Than 1000 Biointensive practitioners form Square Feet all over the world. Attendees were inspired and energized by the Dave Duhon & Cindy Gebhard, 1984, 200 pp sharing of work and experience. If you missed this conference held at UC-Davis in March 2000, or attended and want to review Using the techniques described in How to Grow More Vegeta- the information, you’ll love this book! Every speaker has been in- bles..., this book will help you explore your nutritional needs and cluded, and there are photos and supporting material also. Some then design and produce a complete vegetarian diet in as little as topics covered are: GROW BIOINTENSIVE Mini-Farming, farm- 700 square feet. Loaded with charts, ing with a passive solar greenhouse, heirloom seed preservation, annotated bibliographies, step-by- reports from projects worldwide and much more. Relevant for ev- step instructions, and even cut-out eryone who enjoys using Biointensive techniques, but especially slide rules for the calculations. You’re so for those who intend to teach these methods or work with them invited to participate in this bold, new in other countries. cutting-edge of Biointensive devel- BEA-0330 $30.00 opment and research. You’ll need to read How To Grow ... first. BEA-0370 SPIRAL $26.95 Future Fertility: Transforming Human Waste Into Human Wealth John Beeby, 1995, 164 pp The Backyard Homestead Mini-Farm & Garden Log Book Returning the nutrients in human waste back to the soil from Jeavons, Griffin, and Leler, l983 - which they came is essential for the sustainability of agriculture spiral bound, 234 pp worldwide. This detailed and practical manual describes both es- tablished and innovative low-technology methods of safely and For those who want to develop more effectively recycling the nutrients in human waste. More impor- self-reliance, earn an income from tantly, it describes the principles behind the methods, and criteria mini-farming, or just to learn how to that any method must meet for safety and sustainability. A must become more effective food grow- for those interested in transforming their waste into wealth in the ers. This companion book to How to Grow More Vegetables is future. the result of ten years of practical garden research and covers BEA-0340 $23.95 such subjects as food from your backyard homestead, beginning to mini-farm, tools you can make (including the U-Bar), plans to build portable greenhouses, crop profiles and tests, calendars, essential bookkeeping, and much more. Spiral Bound only. “...in his mini-green revolution John Jeavons is demonstrating that small is beautiful.”- The Manchester Guardian BEA-0380 $19.95

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Booklet 0: Booklet 14: Biointensive Mini-Farming: A Rational Use of Natural The Complete 21-Bed Biointensive Mini-Farm Resources John Jeavons, 1986, 39 pp EA Staff, 1985, 13 pp Currently it takes a minimum of 10,000 square feet to feed one Explains what Ecology Action is doing and why. Well footnoted. person in the U.S., and often 16,000 square feet to feed one Also in other languages - see page 66 person in the Third World. This booklet gives a step-by-step ap- BEA-0000 – $2.50 proach on how to start sustainably growing all your food, a small income, and compost crops in as little as 2,100 square feet. As- Booklet 1: sumes you’ve read How to Grow More Vegetables, One Circle, Cucumber Bonanza Backyard Homestead. J Mogador Griffin, 1979, 18 pp BEA-0014 – $2.50 Takes cucumbers as an example of a crop history and goes through 7 years of work, from 1973 to 1979, during which yields Booklet 15: in our research gardens increased from 140 to 400 pounds per One Basic Mexican Diet bed. An excellent introduction to mini-farming and the variables J Mogador Griffin, 1987, 32 pp which can be examined for greater yields. This booklet grew out of Gary Stoner’s work with the Menos y Me- BEA-0001 – $2.00 jores project in Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It includes an explora- tion and complete nutritional analysis of a typical family diet. We Booklet 2: can learn much about providing for ourselves from our friends in One Crop Test Booklet: Soybeans Tula. Available in both English and Spanish - please specify Griffin & Jeavons, 1980, 24 pp BEA-0015 – $3.00 Contains step-by-step instructions for conducting comparative tests for spacing and yield (with optional water monitoring) for Booklet 16: soybeans, an important protein crop. Foliar Feeding BEA-0002 – $2.50 Peter Donelan, 1988, 9 pp A consideration of how to get the most from your crops through foliar feeding, with several easy-to-make-at-home recipes for Booklet 9: sprays. A Perspective BEA-0016 – $1.50 John Jeavons, 1981, 17 pp A paper given at The Second International Conference on Small Scale Intensive Food Production, reporting on the worldwide ef- Booklet 17: forts of Ecology Action and others. Backyard Garden Research BEA-0009 – $2.00 John Jeavons & Bill Bruneau, 1988, 32 pp Techniques for improving your garden and gardening. What to look at when setting up your garden, ways to improve your gar- Booklet 11: den’s performance, and how to listen to what your garden is tell- Examining the Tropics: A Small Scale Approach to ing you. Sustainable Agriculture BEA-0017 – $2.95 Jeavons & Griffin, 1982, 40 pp A “working paper” designed to present basic information on the tropics. Contains a large bibliography. Booklet 18: BEA-0011 – $3.50 Dried, Cut, and Edible Flowers for Pleasure, Food and Income Louisa Lenz, 1990, 60 pp Booklet 12: Flowers enrich our lives, are often quite useful for vegetable Growing and Gathering Your Own Fertilizer growing by serving as food sources for pollinating insects, can be EA staff, 1984, 140 pp part of a good business, and many are even good to eat! Cultiva- We’ve had increasing requests for a book on how to grow your tion of dried and cut flowers, information on edible flowers, and own fertilizer from common materials. Over 90 of tables on the economic data on mini-farming flowers. Illustrated. fertilizer potential of common home, garden and farm materials. BEA-0018 – $11.95 Many places in the world (US also) simply cannot easily get com- mercial or prepared fertilizers. Get independence in your gar- den. Booklet 19: BEA-0012 – $11.75 Biointensive Micro-Farming; A Seventeen Year Per- spective John Jeavons, 1989, 20 pp Booklet 13: This booklet answers many of the most commonly asked ques- Growing to Seed tions about our work and the purpose and direction of our re- Peter Donelan, revised 1999, 45 pp search. How to grow all your own seed in the smallest possible area BEA-0019 – $2.25 in your own backyard. Maintain optimum health and genetic di- versity in your seed stock! Includes information on vegetables, grains, cover crops, seed exchanges, and seed co-operatives, Booklet 20: plus a bibliography. Essential tables on crops and their seed- An Ecology Action Reading Guide saving characteristics. John Jeavons, 1988, 12 pp BEA-0013 – $11.75 Our Ecology Action publications contain a wealth of information - here is John’s plan for the best way to use them to make your learning easier. What to read when, plus suggested supplemental readings. Create your own curriculum. 64 BEA-0020 – $2.75 Booklet 21: Booklet 30: Micro-farmers as a Key to the Revitalization of the GROW BIOINTENSIVESM Sustainable Mini-Farming World’s Agriculture and Environment Teacher Certification Program John Jeavons, 1989, 13 pp EA Staff, 2006, 38 pp Micro-farming in a global and a national context—shows the con- Details for those who are interested in the requirements and tribution it can make to solving many of our current environmental process for becoming Certified Teachers of Biointensive tech- and agricultural problems. niques. BEA-0021 – $1.75 BEA-0030 – $12.00 Booklet 22: Booklet 31: Grow Your Manure For Free Designing a GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Sustainable John Jeavons & Bill Bruneau, 1990, 12 pp Mini-Farm – A Working Paper An excellent and concise summary on growing compost crops to Ecology Action Staff, 2003, 45 pp improve your soil’s fertility. Highlights ten exceptional crops and Introduces in detail the concepts behind the design of a sustain- their respective advantages, with tips on how to plant and com- able mini-farm that provides compost material for soil fertility, post them. food for a balanced diet, and crops to market for a small income, BEA-0022 – $2.50 all in the smallest possible area. Includes 10 forms to be filled out with data from your own garden site and nutritional needs Booklet 24: and takes you through the process that will end in a sustainable Ecology Action’s Comprehensive Definition of Sus- design for your own specific situation. The process is one used in tainability our workshops that has evolved over many years - a practical tool EA Staf, 2005, 4 pp for your home garden! What specifically sustainability is, with notes. BEA-0031 – $8.00 BEA-0024 – $1.50 Booklet 32: Booklet 25: GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Composting and Growing One Basic Kenyan Diet: Diet, Income and Compost Compost Materials Crop Designs in a Three-Bed Learning Model Carol Cox, 2008, 28 pp Patrick Wasike, 1991, 23 pp Revised version of discontinued booklets 10 and 23. This book A thorough analysis of a vegetarian Kenyan diet. A fully sustain- details our research into producing the highest-quality compost able three-bed model, based on our Booklet 14. Profusely illus- from crops grown in your own garden. All that we have learned in trated with charts and references. the past 14 years has been included. BEA-0025 – $5.25 BEA-0032 – $8.00

Booklet 26: Booklet 33: Learning to Grow All Your Own Food: One-Bed Model Grow Your Own Grains: Raising, Harvesting and Uses for Compost, Diet and Income Crops Carol Cox, 2008,28 pp Carol Cox & Staff, 1991, 25 pp A working paper. Basic grain raising, harvesting and using. How Based on Booklet 14, this complete course was developed through to grow and use barley, oats, cereal rye, triticale, wheat, ama- our workshops on the one-bed learning & teaching model. Gives ranth, corn, millet, quinoa, rice, sorghum, and teff. detailed cultural instructions for many crops that we have found BEA-0033 – $7.50 successful in our research garden. Good materials for planning and record keeping. Technical Booklet 1: BEA-0026 – $5.50 Solar Water Heater Jeff Smith and John Warner, 2000, 12 pp Booklet 27: Sweaty gardeners at our research garden have been grateful for Growing Medicinal Herbs in as Little as Fifty Square the solar-heated shower in the garden, and we have had requests Feet - Uses and Recipes for the plans …so here they are. Written by the two master build- Louisa Lenz-Porter, 1995, 40 pp ers who installed ours, these are detailed plans with drawings, a How to grow most of one person’s medicinal herbs in as little materials list, and complete instructions on building and siting. as 50 square feet. An herbal “medicine cabinet” of 24 common, BEA-0100 – $3.25 easily grown herbs is described in depth. Instructions, recipes, and bibliography take an easy approach to an enjoyable activity. Personal Booklet 1: Sample 50-sq-foot bed with ideas for personal modifications. Another Way to Wealth BEA-0027 – $6.75 Sondra Blomberg, 1991, 16 pp A journey of one person from a good job in industry towards an Booklet 28: organic Biointensive community-supported economic mini-farm The Smallest Possible Area to Grow Food and Feed and an integrated, simple, spiritual way-of-life. Included are ques- Emmanuel Chiwo Omondi, 1997, 45 pp tionnaires to assist others in their journeys. Sustainable diet and dairy production, for a family with one cow. BEA-0200 – $4.25 Written by the director of Manor House Agricultural Centre in Ke- nya. BEA-0028 – $7.00 Booklet 29: Test Your Soil with Plants John Beeby, 1997, 86 pp Discover how you can tell what fertilizers to use to optimize your garden’s health and productivity, simply by observing the plants growing in your garden. BEA-0029 – $15.00 65 More EA Publications

Biointensive Sustainable Mini-Farming GROW BIOINTENSIVESM Apprentice Preliminary Research Overview EA Staff, 1996, 25 pp Opportunities A brief summary of a quarter-century (1972-1996) of Biointensive John Jeavons & staff, 2005, 27 pp research experiences in California, India, Russia, and other re- Describes the professional program at Ecology Action’s research gions. and education site in Willits, California, for those who want to be- BEA-0930 – $5.00 come teachers in Biointensive sustainable ways of life by living such a life and actively catalyzing this process in others. Also Siberian Biointensive Research Report included are application forms and a list of some other organiza- Larissa Avrorina, 1995, 16 pp tions’ apprenticeship opportunities. A detailed research report and conclusions from a year of Sibe- BEA-1020 – $6.50 rian Biointensive Sustainable Mini-Farming research compared with usual practices in the region. BEA-0940 – $3.00 Biodynamic Gardening in India Engineering of Photosynthesis Systems, Vol. 42 1980, 37 pp Summarizes 3 years’ work at their research center in Madras, In- dia, and with Harijan low-income families. Shows how this method can be transferred to very disadvantaged families owning small, poor strips of land. Promising yields serve as a valuable source of nutritional and economic augmentation. This center received one of India’s highest awards in 1981. BEA-0950 – $3.50 Living Quarters for Plant Roots Henry C DeRoo, 1956, 6 pp This important reprint from the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens gives a good description, with photographs, of the improved growth of roots in deeply prepared soil. Recommended by our garden staff—will help inspire you to double dig your beds! Also available in Spanish. BEA-0960 – $1.50 Appropriate Agriculture Weaving a Lavender Wand Michael Shepard & John Jeavons, 1977, 14 pp Carol Cox, 1993, 4 pp, This footnoted paper was presented at the 1977 “Small is Beauti- Carol teaches workshop participants to make these traditional ful’’ Conference at UCD. Presents many historical examples and scented wands. They make wonderful gifts. speaks of the need to look at our present methods of fossil fuel- BGE-1400 – $1.50 based agriculture. Still very current. BEA-0970 – $2.00 Data Report Sheet Circle of Plenty Booklet The form to use to send Ecology Action data from your garden. EA Staff, 1996, 26 pp BEA-0910 – Free Inspiring stories and personal Biointensive experiences from around the world. A sampler of the good that Biointensive can bring about worldwide. How you can help in Afghanistan BEA-0980 – $3.50 Community members in Mendocino County, where Willits is lo- cated, helped to raise over $5000 in 2004 towards the start- up Information and Research of a GROW BIOINTENSIVE training center in Kabul. Compost EA Staff, various dates, 75 pp. piles have already been begun by Nakibullah Salik, an Afghan ag- Short (1-6 pages) reports on a variety of subjects spanning the riculturalist who apprenticed at Ecology Action in Willits in 2004. whole range of our mini-farming/gardening work. This is informa- Demonstration growing beds are planned and Salik plans to con- tion from our garden research and our work around the world that tinue teaching others what he learned here through his Indepen- is not in our books. Topics include gardening techniques, insect dent Afghanistan Biointensive Project and will benefit by more and animal life, and limited water growing. Includes our reference financial support from the U.S. Ecology Action is acting as Salik’s sheet on cooking with sunshine. Does not include the information Fiscal Sponsor and tax deductible donations can be sent to Ecol- in Sustainable Soil Fertility below. ogy Action, 5798 Ridgewood Road, Willits, CA 95490. Please BEA-0770 – $15.00 make a note on your check stating that your donation is for the AOATC. Sustainable Soil Fertility EA Staff, various dates, 26 pp. How you can help in Kenya The heart of our work, learning how to have a really sustainable garden/mini-farm. Includes information on compost crops You can help support a Kenyan villager’s training at a 5-day Basic BEA-0820 – 26 pp – $5.25 Biointensive Skills Workshop at Manor House Agricultural Cen- tre. To enable this to happen, send $85 tax-deductible donation to Kilili Self-Help Project, 260 Marion Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941. Smaller donations are also welcome. Help the world grow! 66 Please add postage

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Emmer—General Manager of Operation at Bountiful Gardens 69 New Items 2010 Beans Greens VBE-2325 Rattlesnake NEW! , Preacher Beans–70 days VGR-3693 Vitamin Green– 21 days baby, These were the standouts for quality and quantity in our trials. 45 days full-size An entirely different kind Wonderful flavor, and 100-degree heat didn’t stop them from of brassica, with no mustardy flavor. White producing lots of beans. Round green 7”pods with purple stalks and very glossy green leaves are good streaks (which disappear when cooked). When others are for salad, steamed, or stir-fry,. Sometimes petering out, rattlesnake keeps going until frost. Area 13 C called “mustard spinach”, this green is easy $2.50 to grow, unfazed by heat, very cold-hardy, VBE-2425 Butterbeans – 80 days for edamame. A mid- with mild, sweet flavor Good choice for season, soybean, prized for its very high yield and excellent, winter and early spring salads. Eat stalks, sweet, nutty flavor. Long harvest, starting at the bottom of the leaves, flowers. 80 seeds. Area 40. C $1.75 plant, makes it perfect for home gardeners. 40 seeds. Area 6. C $1.95 VGR-3703 Chickweed- Stellaria media Annual/Spacing broadcast”37-50 days. Why plant a weed that Broccoli exists wherever there are gardens? Well, this is a nice juicy, VBR-2575 Piricicaba NEW! – 56 days. Named after the city mild-flavored strain that endures some cold and flowers early in Brazil (pronounced peer-a-SEE-ca-ba) where this heat- to draw beneficial insects to the garden to eat those spring tolerant broccoli was bred. Halfway between a standard aphids. Many herbal and culinary uses. Can be clipped every grocery store broccoli and a broccoli raab, with large plants few days (until flowering) and used just like sprouts or mild that produce lots of succulent small green heads. Heads, lettuce, in tacos, salads, garnish. Good nurse crop for spring stalks, and leaves are all sweet and tender. Good frost seedlings, or permanent part of a beneficial-attracting, low tolerance for fall sowing, but the thing that got our attention maintenance hedgerow 200 seeds. Area 100+. O $1.75 was its hot-weather performance. In trials in California, it produced heads when temperatures were in the 90’s. 110 Kale seeds. Area 135. C $1.75 VKA-3932 White Russian– NEW!- Sweet Corn 50-60 days. (1885) From Frank Morton’s remarkable breeding VCO-3315 Anasazi – 90 days. Ancient variety, propagated program for organic growers. The from seeds found in Anasazi ruins. This Southwestern most winter-hardy kale we offer, landrace heirloom is drought-resistant and doesn’t require the and the most resistant to flooding extreme fertility and weed-free conditions needed by many and soggy soils. Has won many modern corns. Likes warmth 7-8 ft plants with 2 multicolored taste tests in spite of its tough ears, 7” long. 150 seeds. Area 180. C $2.75 constitution. Cut and frilled edges VCO-3325 Festivity – 75 days. We are so excited to offer with white midribs, mild flavor, this new corn, a stable, open-pollinated sweet corn pairing easy to grow. 100 seeds. Area 125. the amazing cold-hardiness of Painted Mountain (one of its O $1.95 parents) with some of the characteristics that make modern corns so sweet. Grows 5-6 ft tall, often with multiple stalks, Lettuce and 3 or 4 multicolored ears 5-6” long. A testament to the VLE-4143 Deertongue–spring/ talents and persistence of small farmer/breeders who have fall 50-75 days. We’ve had several proved that a hardy, tasty, new sweet corn doesn’t need to be requests for this beloved heirloom hybrid or come from a lab. Our seed comes from stock that from the eighteenth century. Unique survived frost as seedlings and went on to produce well. Area and delicious. Pointed triangular 180. leaves have buttery texture but with a crunch. Unusual and choice.300 Endive—Frisee and Escarole seeds. Area 100. O $1.75 VEN-3572 Frisee de Meaux – 60 days. An heirloom triple- cut curly endive from France, where Dominique Guillet has braved official persecution to save these traditional varieties Melon from extinction. This is the feathery, finely-branched pale leaf VME-4353 Crane – 75-85 days. you see in salad mix in winter. Like lettuce but more frost- This luscious, very fast- maturing hardy. Big heads with blanched hearts. 180 seeds. Area 75. crenshaw type was developed and O $1.75 refined by the Crane family, who VEN-3574 Full-Heart Batavian– 60 days. Broad smooth have farmed in Santa Rosa, CA leaves of very mild escarole in self-blanching for 6 generations. Golden orange heads 12” tall and across, dark green with flesh, teardrop shape, pale green creamy hearts. Serve your own salad greens skin flecked with dark green. for the holidays!180 seeds. Area 75. C $1.75 When the freckles turn orange, its ready to eat. Area 12. C $2.25 Florence Fennel VFE-3580 Perfection – 80 days. Great new Parsnip open-pollinated fennel that is as high-yielding VCO-4745 Turga – Outstanding vigor makes this a really easy as many hybrids, and more flavorful. Grown to grow and high-yielding parsnip. Medium to short, sturdy for the “bulb”, the thick juicy base of the stems, roots. Lots of food from a small area, keeps all winter in the like celery. Chop into salads or cook; mild anise ground until needed. flavor decreases with cooking. Stands fall frosts to 15° F.

70 New Items 2010 Peas VPE-4825 Cascadia –New! 62-75 days. First dwarf snap pea Books with Sugar Snap quality, and then some. Extra-plump, very crisp, very sweet and flavorful pods. Resistant to PM and the The New Self-Sufficient Gardener first pea with resistance to PEMV. Heat-resistant—went into John Seymour, page 49. July for us.250 seeds. Area 10. C $2.75 VPE-4827 Dwarf Grey Sugar – NEW!!—60 days. Heirloom Small-Scale Grain Raising dates to before1773, and is still a charmer for its early yields Gene Logsdon, page 50. of bite-size pods, its pink and purple flowers, and its short 30” vines. Newly popular for salad—the top 6’ of new growth and/or the flowers are a delicious (and expensive, in stores) Grow Your Own Grains: delicacy. For salad (or light cooking or garnish) its best to Raising, Harvesting and Uses EA Booklet 33, Carol Cox, page 50 have a separate patch , sow in succession, and clip short tips

often.250 seeds. Area 10. C $2.50 Herbal Remedies Onion Andrew Chevallier, page 50. VON-4627 Valencia—NEW!– 105-125 days This onion has been Homegrown Whole Grains getting raves from farmers and Sara Pitzer, page 50. home gardeners because it is easy to grow, non-bolting, high quality, and a good keeper. A Spanish Good Bug, Bad Bug Sweet Yellow type. It works in long Jessica Walliser, page 53. or short-day situations.150 seeds. Area 11. C $1.95 Cooking With Sunshine Lorraine Anderson, page 55. Leek VLE-Carentan–4018 NEW ! 135 days. Most tolerant of fluctuating The Solar Food Dryer: temperatures and heavy soil in our trials this year. Huge leeks How to Make and Use Your Own with long succulent white shaft. Holds a long time. 150 seeds. Low-Cost, High Performance, Sun- Area 20. E $1.95 Powered Food Dehydrator Eben V. Fodor, page 55. Peppers VPE-4875 Anaheim – 75-90 days. Hotness: 1 Long, mild Drip Irrigation chile with a breath of heat usually used green for stuffing, for Every Landscape and All salsa, omelettes, pickling and canning. 30 seeds. Area 20. C Climates $2.25 Robert Kourik page 52. Squash VSQ-5410 Zucchini, Golden NEW! – 50 days. You can grow Flour Power open-pollinated golden zucchini. We are happy to have found Marleeta Basey, page 55 this in response to requests. 25 seeds. Area 50. O $1.50 VSQ-5455 Guatamalan Blue Banana NEW!— Cucurbita maxima 90-95 days. From the homeland of squash growing, in Central America, this squash has been grown for thousands of Supplies years. Traditionally grown along with beans and corn, shading the ground to hold moisture for the corn and gaining fertility Myco-Grow Soluble mycorrhizae p 58 from the beans. Gorgeous slate-blue with lighter streaks,. Pearl Oyster Mushroom Kits p 20 Long shape can be sliced much more easily than large round types—use a piece at a time and store the cut squash in the Nesco American Harvest Food Dryer p 61 fridge. Great flavor for roasting, baking, boiling.35 seeds. Area U-Bar p 57 70. C $1.75 Pure Neem Oil Dyna-Grow p 59 Tomato Coco Bee Balm Lotion p 61 VTO-5825 Italian Heirloom NEW!—Mid Season. Big Outdoor Mushroom Starter p 20 round slicing tomato with traditional big heirloom flavor and Beginner’s Drip Irrigation Kit p 57 huge yields. Peels and slices easily, good for fresh eating or Extra Drip Irrigation Parts Kits p 57 canning. Indeterminate.30 seeds. Area 110. GB $1.95 Sluggo Plus 59 VTO-5745 Myona — Back! We are glad to have these again, grown for us by Golden Rule Garden. Size and shape of Roma, but deeper delicious heirloom tomato flavor. Said to have been Plus Many More New in Every Section from an Italian immigrant market gardener who, when asked Seed Mixes p 29 the variety, said “Its my-own-a”. Large vines full of 3-4” oblong Seed Collections p 30-31 fruits. Handle tough conditions, too. Indeterminate. 30 seeds. Area 100. C $1.95 Photos of mushrooms on back cover and p 20 copyright Fungi Perfecti, all rights reserved. This is just a sampling—There are many more throughout the catalog. 71 BOUNTIFUL GARDENS 2010

Ecology Action Non-Profit Organization Bountiful Gardens US Postage Paid 18001 Shafer Ranch Rd Ecology Action Willits CA 95490

BOUNTIFUL GARDENS 2010

Non-Profit Organization Ecology Action US Postage Paid Bountiful Gardens Bolingbrook, IL 18001 Shafer Ranch Rd Permit No. 700 Willits CA 95490